רָדָה
râdâh · H7287 · Hebrew · 25 occurrences
Meanings
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to rule, to have charge, to have dominion
Action by which humans or deities exercise authority over (other) humans, animals, and areas, often with focus on the manner in which this is done
ExamplesGenesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Leviticus 25:43 ‘You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.
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to scoop
Causative action by which humans use their hands as a shovel and remove a substance from a particular location
ExamplesJudges 14:9 So he took out the honey on his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
24 occurrences in 11 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 5
- Not stated (participle) 4
- Not stated: you (more than one) 3
- Not stated: you (one person) 3
- Not stated: they 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- וֹhim 2
- גּוֹיnation, people 1
- דְּבַשׁhoney 1
- הָher 1
- הֶםthem 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
17 occurrences in 16 groups
- בin/on/with+ עַםpeople 3
- בin/on/with+ פֶּרֶךְharshness 3
- Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16
With adverbsAdverbs
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 3
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםthem 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָמֵשׁfive 1
- חֲמִשִּׁיםfifty 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שַׂרcommander, chief, official 2
- בִּנְיָמִיןBenjamin 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Control002003002007
- The word means to rule or have dominion, directly illustrated by mankind commanded to "rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky" and every living thing (Genesis 1:26, 28) and the repeated law against ruling over a fellow Israelite "with severity" (Leviticus 25:43, 46, 53).
- Hold002003001009
- This domain is not independently illustrated by the sampled citations, which all concern exercising dominion or rule rather than physically holding or grasping.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7287. radah I. [רָדָה] verb have dominion, rule, dominate (Late Hebrew ᵑ7 רָדָה,Jon…
I. [רָדָה] verb have dominion, rule, dominate (Late Hebrew ᵑ7 רָדָה,Jon רָדָא, chastise; Arabic tread, trample; Syriac chastise, also (and so Assyrian radû) go, flow); —
Qal Perfect3plural consecutive וְרָדוּ Isa 14:2; Lev 26:17; Lev 26:2masculine plural רְדִיתֶם Eze 34:4; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יִרְדֶּנּוּ Lev 25:53, וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה Lam 1:13, jussive וְיֵרְדְּ Num 24:19; Psa 72:8; Psa 72:2masculine singular תִּרְדֶּה Lev 25:43, Lev 25:46, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֵה Lev 110:2; masculine plural רְדוּ Gen 1:28 (Joel 4:13 see ירד); Infinitive construct רְדוֺת Eze 29:15; Participle רֹדֶת 1Ki 5:4; Isa 14:6; suffix רֹדֵם Psa 68:28; plural הָדֹדִים 1 Kings 5:30 1Ki 5:2t.; — have dominion, rule, over, usually with ב person or pop. 1Ki 5:4; 1 Kings 5:30; 1Ki 9:23 2Ch 8:10; Isa 14:2; Lev 25:43, Lev 25:46, Lev 25:53; Lev 26:17; Eze 29:15; Neh 9:28; Psa 49:15; ב of fish, etc., Gen 1:26, Gen 1:28; בְּקֶרֶב Psa 110:2; with accusative of person Eze 34:4; Isa 14:6 (perhaps + accusative of congnate meaning with verb, see [ מִרְדָּה] below); accusative omitted Num 24:19 (מִיַעֲקֹב), Jer 5:31 (+ עַליְֿדֵיהֶם, see יָד 5h (2); see also ingenious conjecture below II. רדה; but < Gr יוֺרוּ teach), Psa 72:8; for וַיִרְדֶּנָּה Lam 1:13 and it (the fire) prevailed against them (my bones), read perhaps יָרָ֑דָה into my bones it descended (Bu). — רֹדֵם Psa 68:28 is dubious; Grill Hup-Now Che Du קִדֵם. יְרַד Jdg 5:13 (twice in verse) see יָרַד.
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular יַרְדְּ וּמְלָכִים Isa 41:2 and kings he causeth (him) to dominate; but apocopatic form strange, read יָרֹד (√ רדד q. v.) Ew Di Du; ᵐ5 יַחֲרִד Klo Che.
II. רָדָה verb scrape out (Late Hebrew id., scrape or draw off, out (bread from oven)); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר הַדְּבָ֑שׁ Jdg 14:9b out of the carcass he scraped the honey (see GFM); suffix אֶלכַֿמָּיו וַיִרְדֵּהוּ Jdg 14:9 a he scraped it out into his palms; BuhlLex Du also ׳ר עַליְֿדֵיהֶם Jer 5:31, namely, gifts, money, figurative for making gain (most I. רדה q. v.).
רַדַּי
proper name see רדד
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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