רוּד
rûwd · rood
to tramp about, i.e. ramble (free or disconsolate)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tramp about, i.e. ramble (free or disconsolate)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have the dominion, be lord, mourn, rule.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
The head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רוּד 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion1 · 25%
- me: i mourn1 · 25%
- we are lords1 · 25%
- yet ruleth1 · 25%
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.