נוּדnûwd
move to and fro, wander, flutter, shew grief
Pronunciation: nood · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5110
Meanings
Qal
1.
a. move to and fro, wander (Genesis 4:12; Genesis 4:14; Jeremiah 4:1)
b. flutter (Proverbs 26:2; Psalms 11:1)
c. waver, wave, shake (1 Kings 14:15)
2. shew grief
a. lament (Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 15:5; Jeremiah 16:5)
b. condole, shew sympathy (Job 2:11; Job 42:11; Psalms 69:21)
Hiph`il
1. cause to wander (Psalms 36:12; Psalms 59:12; 2 Kings 21:8)
2. make a wagging, wag (Jeremiah 18:16)
Hoph`al: made to flutter, (tossed away), text dubious (2 Samuel 23:6)
Hithpo`lel
1. move oneself to and fro, sway, totter (Isaiah 24:20)
2. shake oneself (Jeremiah 48:27; Jeremiah 18:16)
3. bemoan oneself (Jeremiah 31:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 24 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 4:14 You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
- 1 Kings 14:15 Then the Lord will shake Israel like a reed whipped about in a stream. He will uproot the people of Israel from this good land that he gave their ancestors and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up for worship.
- 2 Kings 21:8 If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws my servant Moses gave them—I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors.”
- Job 2:11 When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
- Job 42:11 Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).