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rāqad רָקַד ‘to skip about’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

rāqad v
1) to skip about
 1a) (Qal) to skip about
 1b) (Piel) to dance, leap
 1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip

Mentioned in Isaiah 13:21 Joel 2:5 Nahum 3:2 Psalms 114:4, 114:6, 29:6 Job 21:11 Ecclesiastes 3:4 1 Chronicles 15:29

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