רָקַד

ra.qadto skip aboutHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb9 occurrences7 books9 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
Traditional renderings: dance, jump, leap, skip.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. 1 Chronicles 15:29מְרַקֵּ֣ד · dancing
    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
  2. Job 21:11יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ · skip about
    They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
  3. Psalm 29:6וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם · skip
    He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
  4. Psalm 114:4רָקְד֣וּ · skipped
    …the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
  5. Psalm 114:6תִּרְקְד֣וּ · that you skipped
    O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
  6. Ecclesiastes 3:4רְקֽוֹד׃ · to dance
    …a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
  7. Isaiah 13:21יְרַקְּדוּ־ · will leap about
    But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
  8. Joel 2:5יְרַקֵּד֔וּן · they bound
    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
  9. Nahum 3:2מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃ · and bounding
    The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!