Lexicon
נָדַף
na.daph
H5086
H:V Hebrew

to drive

9
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

na.daph describes being driven away, and in active clauses, driving a person or object away.

The attested uses chiefly describe things as driven away, including Nile growth, stubble, leaves, and vanity; active clauses describe God or the spirit driving someone or chaff away.

Senses in use

  1. Things described as driven away · dominant

    Niphal forms occur where the APB renders Nile sowing as "driven away" in Isaiah 19:7, a bow as like "driven stubble" in Isaiah 41:2, and a leaf as "driven" in Job 13:25. The same participial form appears in Leviticus 26:36 for the sound of a leaf and in Proverbs 21:6 for "vanity driven away." Psalm 68:3 has two Niphal infinitive constructs, but the supplied APB wording does not make their specific contribution identifiable.

  2. Actively driving away · common

    Qal imperfect forms occur in clauses of active removal: in Job 32:13 the APB says that God "will drive him away," while Psalm 1:4 compares the wicked to chaff that "the spirit drives away."

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB uses "driven away," "driven," "drive him away," and "drives away" in relevant clauses. Psalm 68:3 supplies no corresponding wording for its two forms.

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