Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
KJV Usage: chase (away), X could not, depart, flee (X apace, away), (re-)move, thrust away, wander (abroad, -er, -ing)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָדַד (na.dad) — to wander. 1) to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to retreat, flee 1a2) to flee, depart 1a3) to wander, stray 1a4) to flutter (of birds) 1b) (Poal) to flee away, be chased 1c) (Hiphil) to chase away 1d) (Hophal) to be chased away 1e) (Hithpolel) to flee away Aramaic equivalent: ne.dad (נְדַד "to flee" H5075)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · נְדֻדִים
Move | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ עוז
to flee = action by which humans or animals move away in haste from a certain place ► in order to escape from a situation that is considered dangerous
GEN 31:40 · EST 6:1 · PSA 31:12 · PSA 55:8 · PSA 68:13 · PSA 68:13 · ISA 10:31 · ISA 16:2 · ISA 16:3 · ISA 17:11 · ISA 21:14 · ISA 21:15 · ISA 22:3 · ISA 33:3 · JER 4:25 · JER 9:9 · JER 49:5 · NAM 3:7 · NAM 3:17
Move | verb qal
to stray, to wander = action by which humans and animals leave their home or move about from place to place without clear destination
Move | verb qal
Collocation: נדד כָּנָף
to flap (one's wings) = action by which animals move their wings
Move | verb hif, verb hof
to drive out, to drive away, to banish, to reject = causative action by which humans force other humans to leave a certain location
Awake
Collocation: שְׁנָה נדד
to flee, to elude literally: sleep flees (from someone); hence: = condition by which one is unable to sleep
Unwilling | verb qal | ≈ פשׁע
to stray > to rebel = action by which humans refuse to be under someone else's rightful authority ◄ as someone who strays away from the place where he belongs
1 ISA 17:11 RSV NRSV "flee away" NJPS "wither away" NJB "vanish" REB "disappear" | MT נֵד "heap" NIV "as nothing" (= a small heap?) 2 PSA 64:9 The Portuguese versions understand the meaning here as of "shaking the head" in sign of spite or disapproval | therefore, as forming part of the semantic field Shame. As versões portuguesas entendem o significado aqui como de "chacoalhar a cabeça" em sinal de despeito ou de desaprovação; portanto, como fazendo parte do campo semântico Vergonha.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָדַד] vb. retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter Qal retreat, flee
flee, depart
wander, stray
trans. flutter wings
Po‛ēl the sun hath arisen and it (the locust swarm) fleeth away
Hiph. chase away
Hoph. be chased away
Hithpo‛l. flee away
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