דָּדָה

dada · go slowly

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1718 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

dada (דָּדָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “go slowly”.

A rare verb whose sense is not fully certain: to walk slowly, with a gentle or solemn step, as one who goes in a procession.

How to say it

da·da

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To go at a slow, solemn pace, as in procession.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • I shall walk slowly ×1
  • I would walk ×1

Where it appears

  • Psalms 42:4

    These things I remember, and I pour out within me my soul: how I would pass along with the throng; I would walk with them to the house of Elohim, with the voice of shouts of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.

  • Isaiah 38:15

    What shall I say? He said it to me, and he himself has done it; I shall walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.