נוּד
nûwd · nood
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
- to nod, i.e. waver
- figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear
- also, (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּד 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a vagabond2 · 8%
- remove2 · 8%
- is shaken1 · 4%
- move1 · 4%
- to mourn1 · 4%
- and they bemoaned1 · 4%
- flee1 · 4%
- for some to take pity1 · 4%
- by wandering1 · 4%
- and shall be removed1 · 4%
- unto thee; who shall be sorry1 · 4%
- then shalt thou not remove1 · 4%
- or who shall bemoan1 · 4%
- nor bemoan1 · 4%
- and wag1 · 4%
- neither bemoan1 · 4%
- bemoaning1 · 4%
- him, bemoan1 · 4%
- of him, thou skippedst1 · 4%
- get1 · 4%
- therein: they shall remove1 · 4%
- who will bemoan1 · 4%
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.