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rdp (a/u[a]) vb. to follow, pursue
GDCGt
Gpəˁalw. d.o. or btr : to pursue4 senses▶
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w. d.o. or btr : to pursue
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
GenApoc 22.7↗ והוא רדף בתרהון עד דבק לדן‏ : he chased after them all the way to Dan ; TgJ Jer39:5↗ וֻרדַפָא מַשרְיָת כַסדָאֵי בָתְרֵיהוֹן‏ ; OS MtSin23:34↗ ܘܡܢܗܘܢ ܬܢܓܕܘܢ ܒܟܢܘܫܬܟܘܢ ܘܬܪܕܦܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܢ ܡܕܝܢܐ ܠܡܕܝܢܐ‏ : some of them you will flog in your synagogue and pursue them from city to city ; JBABowl 78.1:19↗ נירדופינהו בפגריהו נירדופינהו בארחתהו‏ : let us pursue them in their bodies. Let us pursue them on their roads ; SM 24(20):95.1(51)↗ כיון דחזינהו רהיט מקמיהו הוו קא רדפי בתריה‏ : when they saw him running away from them, they were chasing after him ; SidraDNishmata 71.88:2↗ radpia ḏradpilan : the pursuers who pursue us ; PJ Gen32:3↗ הינון דהדרו למירדוף בתריי‏ : those who returned to pursue me ; PJ Lev26:7↗ ותירדפון ית בעלי דבביכון‏
(1)
to seek out
JLAtg, Gal
TgO Deut16:20↗ קוּשטָא קוּשטָא תִרדוּף‏ : [MT: צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף] ; TgJ Hos2:9↗ וְתִרדוֹף שְלָם עִם עַמְמַיָא רָחֲמַהָא וְלָא תַדבֵיק‏ : she shall seek peace with the nations her lovers and not achieve it ; VR 252:2(5)↗ אילין דחקרין על חמרא ושמעין <הן> דאית חמרא טבא ורדפין בתריה‏ : those who investigate about wine and hear where there is good wine and seek it out ; CPA IITim3:10↗ ܐܬ ܕܝ ܪܕܦܬ ܠܐܘܠܦܢܝ̈ ܠܕܒܘܪܝ̈‏ : for you sought my teaching, my manner of life
(2)
to study, practice
Syr
GregOr 41 21.1.9↗ ܒܬܪ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܦܓܪܢܐ ܪܕܦ݁‏ : he follows the bodily (as opposed to spiritual) law
2
to persecute
CPA, Syr, LJLA
Lag(366) John5:16↗ ܗܘܘ ܝܗ̈ܘܕܝܝ ܪ̈ܕܦܝܢ ܠܡܪܐ ܝܣܘܣ ܕܗܠܝܢ ܗܘܐ ܥܒܕ ܒܫܘܒܬܐ‏ : the Jews were persecuting Lord Jesus for he would do these things on the Sabbath ; TB 4:12.17↗ ܕܩܝܘܣ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܪܕܦ ܩܫܝܐܝܬ ܠܥܕܬܐ‏ : Decius, the one who persecuted the Church harshly ; TgQoh3:15↗ עתיד ייי למתבע חשוכא ומסכינא מן ידוי דרשיעא דרדף ליה‏ : the Lord shall demand the needy and indigent from the hands of the wicked one who persecutes him
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fig.:
JBA
BT Pes 114a(5)↗ ויהי לבך רדיף עליך פחית ממיכלך וממשתך‏ : so that your heart (i.e., appetite) does not drive you, lessen your food and drink
3
to thrust away
Syr
(1)
to expel
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.78:24↗ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܐܩܝܡ ܡܝ̈ܬܐ ܘܟܠ ܟ̈ܐܒܝܢ ܘܟܘܪ̈ܗܢܝܢ ܪܕܦ‏ : that one who raised the dead and expelled all pains and illnesses
(1)
to dispel
Syr
AGnEx 10.5↗ ܕܢܪܕܘܦ ܒܝܕ ܙܠܝܩܘ݂ܗܝ ܠܚܫܘܟܐ ܕܬܡܢ‏ : that it might dispel the darkness there by means of its rays ; EphNis 18:10.5↗ ܢܘܗܪܟ ܢܪܕܘܦ ܚܫܘܟܢ‏ ; WisSol2:4↗ ܐܝܟ ܥܪܦܠܐ ܕܡܬܪܕܦܐ ܡܢ ܙܠܝܩ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܫܡܫܐ‏ : like the cloud driven away by the sun's rays ; JSBhom 74:200↗ ܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܪܕܼܝܦܵܐ ܡܸܢܸܗ ܕܠܼܠܝܵܐ ܡܵܪܵܗ݀ ܕܲܐܪܥܵܐ‏ : at night's eve the (name of the) master of land had been driven far from him
(2)
to move rapidly
Syr, JBA
MiS 184a:7 ܟܕ ܪܕܲܦ܂ ܐܬܬܥ݂ܫ ܘܢܦ݂ܠ܂ ܘܐܬܬܟܣܬ݁ ܚܘ݂ܡܪܬܐ ܕܩܕܠܗ‏ : while riding fast he became tired, fell, and his neck's vertebra broke ; BT Yom 77b(35)↗ שני ההוא נחלא דרדפי מייה‏ : a wadi whose water flows rapidly is different
4
to make run
Syr
Geop 106:24↗ ܘܐܦܠܐ ܕܢܪܕܘܦ ܐܢܝܢ ܒܗܠܟܬܐ ܚܝܨܬܐ‏ : nor should we make them run at a strenuous pace
Dpaˁˁelto pursue (pl.)1 sense▶
to pursue (pl.)
LJLA
PJ Ex13:21↗ הדר עמודא דעננא מבתריהון למיחשך למרדפין מן בתריהון‏ : the pillar of cloud turned back behind them to make it dark for those pursuing behind them †
(1)
to chase away, expel
Gal
EchRB[1]66(10)↗ לא הוו בני מדינה יהב{ו}<י>ן גרמיהון מיפק ומיעבד קרבא ומרדפא שנאה‏ : the town's citizens did not devote themselves to go out and make war and chase the enemy
Cˀafˁel(?)1 sense▶
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Man
Shapta D-Dahlulia 131↗ ˁumardiplak umardiklun umardiklakun : it will chase you(sg.) and catch them(!) and catch you(pl!)
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be persecuted2 senses▶
1
to be persecuted
Syr
P Mt5:10↗ ܠܲܐܝܠܸܝܢ ܕܸ݁ܐܬ݂ܪܕ݂ܸܦ݂ܘ ܡܸܛܽܠ ܟܼ݁ܐܢܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ‏
(1)
to be vexed
Syr
ZM1 58:15 ܡܢܗ݀ ܕܫܪܘܬܐ݂ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܦܠܓܗ ܕܠܠܝܐ ܟܕ ܡܬܪܕܦ ܘܡܬܥܣܩ݂ ܡܝܬ‏ : he died (from a fish bone in his throat after) being vexed and in grief from the meal until midnight
2
to be thrust away
Syr
P StDan(1)4:30 ↗ ܘܡܢ ܒܢܝܢ̈ܫܐ ܐܬܪܕܦ‏
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to be driven out
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Is17:13↗ וְיִתרְדֵיף כְמוֹץ טוּרַיָא מִן קְֹדָם רוּחָא‏ : he will be driven away like mountain chaff before the wind
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JBAmb also phonetically רתף
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1438[715]DJPA: 517aDJBA: 1060bJastrow: 1453Drower/Macuch: 425bJ. Payne-Smith: 530Levy Ch-W: 2:409Tal Sam: 819DNWSI: 1061DCPA[Schulthess]: 391[190]DJA: 79aQumran: 219

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