וָ/נָ֖ד

𐤅/𐤍𐤃

vanad

and a wanderer

a primitive root; to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt; bemoan, flee, get, mourn, make to move, take pity, remove, shake, skip for joy, be sorry, vagabond, way, wandering.

H5110

Genesis 4:12 · Word #11

Lexicon H5110

Lemmaנוּד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤅𐤃
Transliterationnûwd
Strong'sH5110
In-contextand a wanderer

Morphology HC/Vqrmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H5110-06

and he wandered

Rootנוד (n-w-d)
Core Meaningsshaking, wavering, wandering, restless movement, lamenting gestures
Semantic Rangeto wander aimlessly, to be a fugitive, to move to and fro, to shake or nod, to lament or console through sympathetic motion, to show grief or scorn by head movement
Conceptual Significanceנוּד often conveys the condition of restless displacement or exile, expressing both physical wandering and emotional agitation. It can depict the instability of one cut off from settled community, highlighting themes of judgment, estrangement, and the vulnerability of the wanderer in biblical narrative.
Morphological NotesConjunction ו + Qal perfect 3ms of נוד; simple active stem indicating completed action by a masculine singular subject.
Rendering RationaleThe form is Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with prefixed conjunction, indicating a completed action by a masculine singular subject: "and he wandered." The rendering preserves the root sense of restless, wavering movement inherent in נוד while accurately reflecting the verbal stem and grammatical person and number.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root נוד (shaking, wavering, wandering, restless movement, lamenting gestures)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5110-01 lanud to-wander
H5067-01 ned a heaped-up mound
nod Wandering
H5112-01 nodi my wandering
H4997-01 novd skin-bag of
H5110-02 nudi Wander about, you (feminine)!
H5110-03 nudu you men have wandered to and fro
H5110-04 tanudu may you men wander
tenideni may she cause me to wander
H5110-05 titenodad you will wander
H5205-01 venid and movement-of
H5110-07 yanud he will wander

Word Usage (25 occurrences of H5110)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 4:12 וָ/נָ֖ד vanad and a wanderer
Genesis 4:14 וָ/נָד֙ vanad and a wanderer
1 Kings 14:15 יָנ֣וּד yanud it-shakes