Pursuing and Chasing

רָדַף141 vb. pursue, chase, persecute (NH id., Aramaic רְדַף, ܪܕܰܦ; Arabic رَدَفَ; Sab. רדף id., SabDenkm No. 7, 1, 2);— Qal128 Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Ju 4:16 +; 1 s. וְרָדַפְתִּ֫י Je 29:18, etc.; Impf. יִרְדֹּף Dt 19:6 +, יִֽרַדֹּף ψ 7:6 (appar. to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae al.; Ges§ 63 n expl. as developed from יִרֲדֹף, cf. Ol § 236 e, and, further, Köi. 160), sf. יִרְדָּפֶ֑ךָ Ez 35:6(×2), etc.; Imv. ms. רְדֹף Gn 44:4 +, sf. רָדְפֵהוּ ψ 34:15; mpl. רִדְפוּ Ju 3:28 +;, Inf. cstr. לִרְדֹּף Jos 8:16 +, מִרְדֹף 1 S 23:28; 2 S 18:16, sf. רָדְפִי ψ 38:21 Qr, רדופי Kt, etc.; Pt. רֹדֵף Ju 4:22 +, pl. רֹדְפִים 8:4 +;— 1. a. pursue (sometimes + הִשִּׂיג): lit. c. אַהֲרֵי pers., in order to overtake Gn 44:4 (J), 2 K 5:21; especially with hostile purpose Gn 31:23 (+ הִדְבִּיק), 35:5; Jos 24:6 (all E), 2:5, 7(×2); 8:16(×2), 17; 10:19 (JE), Dt 11:4; 19:6; Jos 20:5 (all D), Ex 14:4, 8, 9 (P), Ju 1:6; 2 S 20:6, 7, 10, 13; 2 K 9:27 + 17 times, + 2 K 25:5 (אַהַר), + Ju 4:16 (אַהֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב); + רִדְפוּ אַהֲרַי Ju 3:28 = follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read רְדוּ 𝔊 Kit GFM). b. lit., c. acc. pers., put to flight, chase (defeated foe; sometimes c. הִשִּׂיג): Am 1:11; Ho 8:3; Dt 32:30 (poem; ‖ הֵנִיס), 28:22, 45; Jos 23:10 (D), Lv 26:8(×2) (H); וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֹל עָלֶה נִדָּף v 36a (H); Jos 7:5; 8:24; 10:10; 11:8 (all JE), Gn 14:15; Dt 1:44; Ju 4:22; Is 41:3 + 13 times + Ju 7:25 (read אֶת־ for אֶל־, 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗 GFM Bu Now). †c. lit., acc. om. Ju 8:4; 1 S 30:8 (+ הִשִּׂיג), v 10; Gn 14:14; Ex 14:23 (P), 15:9 (poem; + הִשִּׂיג), Lv 26:36b, 37 (H), Pr 28:1; especially pt. pl. הָר׳ the pursuers Jos 2:16(×2), 22(×2;) Ne 9:11; Is 30:16, so הָרֹדֵף Jos 8:20; La 1:6. †d. chase, hunt, partridge (קֹרֵא) 1 S 26:20 (in sim.; ‖ בִּקֵּשׁ). †e. pursue, in fig., Je 20:11; La 4:19, רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ ψ 71:11, cf. La 1:3; ψ 7:6 (+ הִשִּׂיג; v. supr.); especially subj. י׳, pursue (fig. of punishment, judgment), c. אחרי Je 29:18 (בַּהֶרֶב), acc. pers. La 3:43 (om. v 66), ψ 83:16 (בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ); אֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף Jb 13:25 (‖ תַּעֲרוֹץ); רֹדְכָּם, of מַלְאַךְ י׳, ψ 35:6. †f. fig. persecute, harass, c. acc. pers. Dt 30:7; Jb 19:22 (כְּמוֹ־אֵל), ψ 69:27; 109:16; 119:86, 161; c. acc. נַפְשִׁי 143:3, c. acc. נְדִבָתִי Jb 30:15 (but subj. obscure; read perhaps תֵּרָדֵף Bu; Du תִּנָּדֵף); c. ל pers. Jb 19:28; pt. as subst. Je 15:15; 17:18 ψ 7:2; 31:16 (‖ אוֹיְבַי; We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for מֵרֹדְפָ֑י), 35:3; 119:84, 157 (+ צָרַי), 142:7. †g. pursue, dog, subj. דָּם, c. acc. pers. Ez 35:6(×2) (del v a 𝔊 Co Toy Krae); in good sense, attend closely upon, טוֹב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי ψ 23:6. †2. fig. follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, c. acc. שַׁלְמֹנִים Is 1:23, שֵׁכָר 5:11, ר׳ קָדִים Ho 12:2, רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה ψ 119:150; good sense, c. inf. לְדַעַת אֶת־י׳ Ho 6:3, c. acc. צֶדֶק Dt 16:20 Is 51:1 (‖ מְבַקְשֵׁי י׳), צְדָקָה וָהָ֑סֶד Pr 21:21, שָׁלוֹם ψ 34:15 (‖ בַּקֵּשׁ), טוֹב 38:21. †Niph. pass.: Pf. 1 pl. עַל־צַוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ La 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued (improb., cf. Bu); perhaps Impf. 3 fs. תֵּרָדֵף Jb 30:15 Bu (for תִּרְדֹּף); Pt. א׳ יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־נִרְדָּ֑ף Ec 3:15 God seeketh the pursued, (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dub.). †Pi. Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְּרִדְּפָה Ho 2:9; Impf. 3 ms. יְרַדֶּף־ Na 1:8 (ψ 7:6 v. Qal); 3 fs. תְּדַדֵּף Pr 13:21; Pt. מְרַדֵּף 11:19 +;—pursue ardently, c. acc. pers. Ho 2:9 (in fig.); fig. also וְאֹיְבָיו יְר׳ הֹשֶׁךְ Na 1:8 (GunkZAW xiii (1893), 230, plausibly, רֶהְדֹּף), cf. Pr 13:21; elsewhere pt., in Pr: aim (eagerly) to secure, c. acc. רָעָה 11:19, רֵיקִים 12:11; 28:19, אֲמָרִים 19:7 (meaning dub., v. Toy); in good sense, צְדָקָה 15:9. †Pu. Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים Is 17:13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains (‖ וְנָס). †Hiph. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Ju 20:43 usually they chased him (Benj., coll.), but strange after כִּתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after כתתו or כרתו 𝔊), and why Hiph.? GFM conj. dittogr. of הִדְרִיכֻהוּ foll.; the reverse conjectured by Bu Now.

† [דָּלַק] vb. burn (intrans.), hotly pursue (NH id. Aramaic דְּלַק, ܕܠܰܩ all intrans. burn, kindle; Hiph., Aph. transitive)— Qal Pf. 2 ms. דָּלַקְתָּ Gn 31:36; 3 mpl. וְדָֽלְקוּ consec. Ob 18; sf. דְּלָקֻנוּ La 4:19; Impf. יִדְלַק ψ 10:2; Inf. cstr. דְּלֹק 1 S 17:53; Pt. act. pl. דֹּלְקִים Pr 26:23;— 1. burn, וְדָֽלְקוּ בָהֶם Ob 18 (fig. of Isr. ravaging among Edomites, ‖ וַאֲכָלוּם; on construction c. בְּ cf. 2 K 17:25); also in חִצָּיו לְדֹלְקִים יִפְעָ֑ל ψ 7:14 his arrows he maketh burning ones (subj. God) RV De Che al.; & שְׂפָתַיִם דֹּלְקִים Pr 26:23 burning (fervent) lips (opp. לֵב רָ֑ע). 2. hotly pursue Gn 31:36 (E; sq. אַחֲרֵי 1 S 17:53 (sq. id.); ψ 10:2; La 4:19 (both sq. acc.) Hiph. Impf. sf. יַדְלִיקֵם Is 5:11; Imv. הַדְלֵק Ez 24:10;—inflame, c. acc., subj. wine Is 5:11; kindle obj. הָאֵשׁ Ez 24:10.

καταδῐώκω, follow hard upon, pursue closely, LXX+5th c.BC+ W., etc.: metaphorically, try to gain, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __2 search for, τινα NT __3 overdrive cattle, LXX