Word Study · Strong's H5110 · Hebrew
נוּד
nud
nood
Strong's 1890 spelling: nûwd
“to nod, i.e. waver”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
Rendered in the KJV as
bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- יָנ֣וּד4
- וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖ה1
- וַיָּנֻ֤דוּ1
- וְיָנִ֥יד1
- וָנָ֖ד1
- וָנָד֙1
- לְהָנִיד֙1
- לָנ֣וּד1
- לָ֭נוּד1
- לָנֽוּד־1
- מִתְנוֹדֵ֔ד1
- נָ֥דוּ1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 18
- take flight3
- and a fugitive2
- to show sympathy2
- will he show sympathy2
- you show sympathy2
- and he may wag1
- and it will sway1
- and they showed sympathy1
- bemoaning itself1
- does he show sympathy1
- for fluttering1
- it make wander me1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- HC/Vhu3ms1
- Hc/Vqw3mp1
- Hc/Vtq3fs1
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqi3ms · 4
- HR/Vqcc · 3
- HVqv2mp · 3
- HC/Vqrmsa · 2
- HC/Vhu3ms · 1
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 1
- Hc/Vtq3fs · 1
- HR/Vhcc · 1
- HVhi3fs/Sp1bs · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
- HVqj2mp · 1
- HVqj2ms · 1
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 4:12וָנָ֖דvanadconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”here: and a fugitive
- Genesis 4:14וָנָד֙vanadconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBehold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”here: and a fugitive
Job2 occurrences
- Job 2:11לָנֽוּד־lanud-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.here: to show sympathy
- Job 42:11וַיָּנֻ֤דוּvaiyanuduHc/Vqw3mpAll his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.here: and they showed sympathy
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 11:1נ֝֗וּדִיnuduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularIn the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!here: take flight
- Psalms 36:11תְּנִדֵֽנִי׃tenideniverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularLet not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.here: it make wander me
- Psalms 69:20לָנ֣וּדlanudpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.here: to show sympathy
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 24:20וְהִֽתְנוֹדְדָ֖הvehitnodahHc/Vtq3fsThe earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.here: and it will sway
- Isaiah 51:19יָנ֣וּדyanudverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThese pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?here: does he show sympathy
Jeremiah11 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:1תָנֽוּד׃tanudverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular“If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,here: you will waver
- Jeremiah 15:5יָנ֣וּדyanudverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWho will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?here: will he show sympathy
- Jeremiah 16:5תָּנֹ֖דtanodverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularIndeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,” declares the LORD.here: you show sympathy
- Jeremiah 18:16וְיָנִ֥ידveyanidHC/Vhu3msThey have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.here: and he may wag
- Jeremiah 22:10תָּנֻ֖דוּtanuduverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluralDo not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.here: you show sympathy
- Jeremiah 31:18מִתְנוֹדֵ֔דmitnodedverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.here: bemoaning itself
- Jeremiah 48:17נֻ֤דוּnuduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralMourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered— the glorious staff!here: show sympathy
- Jeremiah 48:27תִּתְנוֹדָֽד׃titnodadverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWas not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.here: you shook yourself
- Jeremiah 49:30נֻּ֨דוּnuduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralRun! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.here: take flight
- Jeremiah 50:3נָ֥דוּnaduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”here: they will take flight
- Jeremiah 50:8נֻ֚דוּnuduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralFlee from the midst of Babylon; depart from the land of the Chaldeans; be like the he-goats that lead the flock.here: take flight
Same headword in Strong's