רוּדrûwd
wander restlessly, roam
Pronunciation: rood · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7300
Meanings
Qal: figurative, corrupt, apparently עַתָּ יְדָעָם (Hosea 12:1; Jeremiah 2:31; Judges 11:37)
Hiph`il: shew restlessness (Genesis 27:40; Psalms 55:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:40 You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you decide to break free, you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
- Psalms 55:2 Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.
- Jeremiah 2:31 “O my people, listen to the words of the Lord! Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been to them a land of darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God! We don’t need him anymore!’
- Hosea 11:12 Charges against Israel and Judah Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit, but Judah still obeys God and is faithful to the Holy One.
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).