to roam
rud describes roaming or moving about, explicitly linked with release from a yoke in Genesis 27:40.
The attested use centers on roaming or moving about: Genesis 27:40 explicitly connects it with tearing a yoke from the neck, while the other occurrences stand in clauses concerning pursuit, freedom, and distress, though the translation does not always isolate the term's contribution.
Senses in use
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Roaming or moving about · dominant
In Genesis 27:40, the Hiphil imperfect form occurs in the statement that, when the addressee roams, he will tear his brother's yoke from his neck; the APB renders the clause "when you roam." The Qal participle in Hosea 12:1 occurs in a clause the APB renders with Ephraim pursuing the east wind, while the Qal perfect in Jeremiah 2:31 stands with the people's statement, "We are free; we will come no more to You?" Psalm 55:3 has a Hiphil imperfect form in the speaker's distressed complaint, but the APB does not plainly represent its specific contribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly renders the Genesis 27:40 clause "when you roam." Elsewhere it presents surrounding ideas of pursuit, freedom, and distress, but its loose, whole-verse wording does not consistently identify an English equivalent for the term.