נָדֻד
nâdud · naw-dood'
properly, tossed; abstractly, a rolling (on the bed)
Lexicon
Derivation: passive participle of H5074 (נָדַד);
properly, tossed; abstractly, a rolling (on the bed)
- properly, tossed
- abstractly, a rolling (on the bed)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: tossing to and fro.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in
The seed, life continuing of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָדֻד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of tossings to and fro1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
- Job1
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.