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# בָּדָד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H910

**isolation** — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

isolation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/910/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּדָד: isolation, separation [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/910/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] isolation, separation: Is 27:10 עִיר בְּצוּרָה בָּדָד the fenced city is isolation, i.e. is solitary (subst. for adj.: Dr§ 189.2); more usually as adv. accus., to signify alone, Dt 32:12; especially with vbs. of dwelling, Lv 13:46 בָּדָד יֵשֵׁב he shall dwell alone (lit. in isolation), Je 15:17 La 1:1; 3:28: fig. of freedom from attack, security Dt 33:28 (of Isr.), Je 49:31 (Kedar); so לְבָדָד Nu 23:9 (Isr.) Mi 7:14 ψ 4:9 for thou לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵנִי makest me dwell solitarily, in safety (v. Dt 33:28).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: alone (9);  (1); \[is\] alone (1).

## In the verses

[Lamentations 3:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.28/#tree)

יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* let.him.sit alone and let.him.be.silent (dm) he.has.laid.\[it\] on him

*JPS 1917:* Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.

[Deuteronomy 32:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.12/#tree)

יְהוָ֖ה בָּדָ֣ד יַנְחֶ֑נּוּ וְאֵ֥ין עִמּ֖וֹ אֵ֥ל נֵכָֽר׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh alone he guided.it and there.\[was\].not with him a.god of.foreignness

*JPS 1917:* The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/910.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/910/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).