רָדַף

Qal₁₂₈ Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ר Dom 4,16 +; 1 singular וְרָדַפְתִּ֫י Jer 29,18, etc.; Imperfect יִרְדֹּף 5 Mos 19,6 +, ִ˜ירַדֹּף Sl 7,6 (apparently to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae and others; Ges^{«GKC:63n»§ 63n} explanation as developed from יִרֲדֹף, compare Ol^{§ 236 e, and, further}, Kö^{i. 160}), suffix יִרְ דְָּפֶ֑ךָ Ezk 35,6 (twice in verse), etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֹף 1 Mos 44,4 +, suffix רָדְפֵהוּ Sl 34,15 masculine plural רִדְפוּ Dom 3,28 +; Infinitive construct רָדְפִף Jos 8,16 +, מִרְדֹף 1 Sam 23,28; 2 Sam 18,16, suffix רָדְפִי Sl 38,21 Qr, רדופי Kt, etc.; Participle רֹדֵף Dom 4,22 +, plural רֹדְפִים Dom 8,4 +; —

1. a. pursue (sometimes + הִשִּׂיג): literal with אַחֲרֵי person, in order to overtake 1 Mos 44,4 (J), 2 Kong 5,21 especially with hostile purpose 1 Mos 31,23 (+ הִדְבִּיק), 1 Mos 35,5; Jos 24,6 (all E), Jos 2,5; Jos 2,7 (twice in verse); Jos 8,16 (twice in verse); Jos 8,17; Jos 10,19 (JE), 5 Mos 11,4; 5 Mos 19,6; Jos 20,5 (all D), 2 Mos 14,4; 2 Mos 14,8; 2 Mos 14,9 (P), Dom 1,6; 2 Sam 20,6; 2 Sam 20,7; 2 Sam 20,10; 2 Sam 20,13; 2 Kong 9,27 + 17 t., + 2 Kong 25,5 (אַחַר), + Dom 4,16 (אַחֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב); + רִדְפוּ אַחֲרֵי Dom 3,28 = follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read רְדוּ ᵐ5 Kit GFM).
\ \ b. literal, with accusative of person, put to flight, chase (defeated foe; sometimes with הִשִּׁיג): Amos 1,11; Hos 8,3; 5 Mos 32,30 (poem; || הֵנִיס), 5 Mos 28,22; 5 Mos 28,45; Jos 23,10 (D), 3 Mos 26,8 (twice in verse) (H); וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֺל עָלֶה נִדָּף v3 Mos 26,36 a (H); Jos 7,5; Jos 8,24; Jos 10,10; Jos 11,8 (all J E), 1 Mos 14,15; 5 Mos 1,44; Dom 4,22; Es 41,3 + 13 t. + Dom 7,25 (read אֶתֿ for אֶלֿ, ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 GFM Bu Now).
\ \ c. literal, accusative omitted Dom 8,4; 1 Sam 30,8 (+ הִשִּׂיג), v1 Sam 30,10; 1 Mos 14,14; 2 Mos 14,23 (P), 2 Mos 15,9 (poem; + הִשִּׂיג), 3 Mos 26,36 b. 37 (H), Ord 28,1 especially participle plural ׳הָר the pursuers Jos 2,16 (twice in verse); Jos 2,22 (twice in verse); Neh 9,11; Es 30,16, so הָרֹדֵף Jos 8,20; Klg 1,6.
\ \ d. chase, hunt, partridge (קֹרֵא) 1 Sam 26,20 (in simile; || בִּקֵּשׁ).
\ \ e. pursue, in figure, Jer 20,11; Klg 4,19, רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ Sl 71,11, compare Klg 1,3; Sl 7,6 (+ הִשִּׂיג; see above); especially subject ׳י, pursue (figurative of punishment, judgment), with accusative of person Jer 29,18 (בַּחֶרֶב), Klg 3,43 and (בְּאַף) vKlg 3,66, Sl 83,16 (בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ); אֶתקַֿשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף Job 13,25 (|| תַּעַרוֺץ); רֹדְפָם, of ׳מַלְאַךְ י, Sl 35,6. feminine figurative persecute, harass, with accusative of person 5 Mos 30,7; Job 19,22 (כְּמוֺאֵֿל), Sl 69,27; Sl 109,16; Sl 119,86; Sl 119,161 with accusative נַפְשִׁי Sl 143,3, with accusative נֲדִבָתִי Job 30,15 (but subject obscure; read perhaps תֵּרָדֵף Bu; Du תִּנָּדֵף); with ל person Job 19,28 participle as substantive Jer 15,15; Jer 17,18; Sl 7,2; Sl 31,16 (|| אוֺיְבַי; We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for וַרֹדְפָ֑י), Sl 35,3; Sl 119,84; Sl 119,157 (+ צָרַי), Sl 142,7.
\ \ g. pursue, dog, subject דָּם, with accusative of person Ezk 35,6 (twice in verse) (del v^a ᵐ5 Co Toy Krae); in good sense, attend closely upon, טוֺב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי Sl 23,6.

2. figurative follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, with accusative שַׁלְמֹנִים Es 1,23, שֵׁכָר Es 5,11, קָדִים ׳ר Hos 12,2, רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה Sl 119,150 good sense, with infinitive ׳לְדַעַת אֶתיֿ Hos 6,3, with accusative צֶדֶק 5 Mos 16,20; Es 51,1 (|| ׳מְבַקְשֵׁי י), צְדָקָה וָחָ֑סֶד Ord 21,21, שָׁלוֺם Sl 34,15 (|| בַּוֵּשׁ), טוֺב Sl 38,21. Niph`al passive: Perfect 1 plural עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ Klg 5,5 upon our neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued (improbable, compare Bu); perhaps Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֵּרָדֵף Job 30,15 Bu (for תִּרְדֹּף); Participle ׳א יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתנִֿרְדָּ֑ף Praed 3,15 God seeketh the pursued (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dubious). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive וְרִדְּפָה Hos 2,9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְרַדֶּףֿ Nah 1,8 (Sl 7,6 see Qal); 3 feminine singular תְּרַדֵּף Ord 13,21 Participle מְרֵדֵּףֿ Ord 11,19 +; — pursue ardently, with accusative of person Hos 2,9 (in figurative); figurative also חשֶׁךְ ׳יְר Nah 1,8 (Gunk^{ZAW xiii (1893), 230}, plausibly, יֶהְדֹּף), compare Ord 13,31 elsewhere participle, in Proverbs: aim (eagerly) to secure, with accusative רָעָה Ord 11,19, רֵיקִים Ord 12,11; Ord 28,19, אֲמָרִים Ord 19,7 (meaning dubious, see Toy); in good sense, צְדָקָה Ord 15,9. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים Es 17,13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains (|| וְנָס). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Dom 20,43 usually they chased him (Benjamin, collective), but strange after כִתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after כתתו or כרתו ᵐ5), and why Hiph`il? GFM conjecture dittograph of הִדְרִיכֻהוּ following; the reverse conjectured by Bu Now.