Lexicon
בָּדַד
ba.dad
H0909
H:V Hebrew

be alone

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

ba.dad describes being apart from others, as in solitary dwelling or wandering and a force with no straggler.

The attested uses describe separation from others: a person dwells outside the camp, a wild donkey wanders by itself, and a force has no straggler in its ranks; one occurrence is not clearly reflected in the supplied translation.

Senses in use

  1. Being apart from others · dominant

    In Hosea 8:9, the Qal active participle occurs in the clause about a wild donkey wandering “alone for itself,” and in Leviticus 13:46 the form occurs where a man’s dwelling is outside the camp. Isaiah 14:31 uses a Qal active participle in the statement that there is “no straggler among its ranks”; Psalm 102:8 also has the participle, though the supplied APB rendering instead focuses on enemies taunting the speaker and does not clearly isolate the term’s contribution.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents separation through “wandering alone for itself,” “dwell alone,” and “no straggler among its ranks.” In Psalm 102:8, the supplied translation does not visibly express the term, so its specific rendering there remains unclear.

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Across Scripture