The meaning of “שָׁדַד”
Understanding shâdad reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste. - properly, to be burly, i.e. (figurative...
שָׁדַד
dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste. - properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable) - by implication, to ravage 1) to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to violently destroy, devastate, despoil, assail 1a2) devastator, despoiler (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be utterly ruined 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to assault 1c2) to devastate 1d) (Pual) to be devastated 1e) (Poel) to violently destroy 1f) (Hophal) to be devastated
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 5:27 | “At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.” Word: שָׁדַד (shâdad) | |
| Psalms 137:8 | “O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.” Word: שָׁדַד (shâdad) | |
| Isaiah 23:1 | “The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.” Word: שָׁדַד (shâdad) | |
| Ezekiel 32:12 | “By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.” Word: שָׁדַד (shâdad) | |
| Joel 1:10 | “The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.” Word: שָׁדַד (shâdad) |
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