בָּדָד
ba.dad (H0910)
isolation
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# The Hebrew Word בָּדָד (badad): Isolation The Hebrew word *badad* carries the fundamental meaning of "isolation" and appears eleven times throughout the biblical text. This relatively rare word denotes a state of separation or aloneness, whether physical, social, or circumstantial. The limited frequency of its occurrence suggests it was used deliberately to convey a specific condition rather than as a common descriptor of solitude. The concentrated use of this term across only eleven biblical passages indicates its significance was contextual and purposeful. Rather than functioning as a general term for being alone, *badad* appears to have marked particular moments or conditions of separation that carried theological or narrative weight. The word's specificity—appearing in limited but meaningful contexts—suggests biblical writers deployed it to emphasize distinct instances where isolation formed a crucial element of the narrative or message being conveyed. Without additional lexical data regarding specific passages or usage patterns, the exact range of contexts in which *badad* appears remains bounded by its core definition of isolation. Its rare deployment across the biblical corpus indicates that when this particular word was chosen, the state of separation it described held particular importance to the text's meaning or purpose.
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All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. His dwelling shall be outside of the camp.
For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.
Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.
Arise! Go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care,” says Yahweh; “that has neither gates nor bars, that dwells alone.
How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave!
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him.
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the middle of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.