Lexical Summary yadad: to cast a lot Original Word: יָדַדTransliteration: yadad Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-dad') Part of Speech: verb Short Definition: to cast a lot Meaning: to handle, to throw, lots Strong's Concordance cast A primitive root; properly, to handle (compare yadah), i.e. To throw, e.g. Lots -- cast. see HEBREW yadah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3032. yadad I. [יָדַד] verb cast a lot (compare Ethiopic immittere, etc, Di935) — only Qal Perfect3masculine plural עַל גוֺרָל יַדוּ Nahum 3:10; Obadiah 11; אֶלֿ גוֺרָל יַדוּ Joshua 4:3. (Possibly wrongly pointed perfects of ידה Pi`el q. v.) II. ידד (√ of following; love, compare Arabic love; Aramaic Pa`el love, also derivatives; Sabean epithet feminine ודת loving-one, friend, amie, DHMZMG 1883, 391; see also דוד). |