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It is used to describe physical expressions of joy, exuberance, or religious celebration. The term can also imply a sense of skipping or bounding with energy.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, dance was an integral part of religious and communal life. It was a common expression of joy, victory, and worship. Dancing was often accompanied by music and singing, and it played a significant role in festivals, celebrations, and religious ceremonies. The act of dancing was not merely entertainment but a form of expressing one's emotions and devotion to God.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to skip about<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bounding (1), dance (1), frolic (1), leap (1), leaping (1), skip (2), skip about (1), skipped (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">רָקַד</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>skip about</b></font> (Late Hebrew Pi`el, Hiph`il = Biblical Hebrew; so Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">רְקַד</font> Pa`el, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095501.gif"> Pa`el; Assyrian <i><em>ra‡âdu</em></i>, <em>skip, dance</em>;, Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095502.gif"> IX. <em>run with leaps and bounds</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb095503.gif"> <em>leaping up briskly</em>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>skip about, Perfect</em>3masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">רָֽקְדוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/114-4.htm">Psalm 114:4</a> (of mountains, <font class="hebrew2">כְּאֵילִים</font>); <em>Imperfect</em>2masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">תִּרְקְדוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/114-6.htm">Psalm 114:6</a> (id.; both of Sinai quaking at law-giving); <em>Infinitive construct</em> <font class="hebrew2">עֵת רְקוֺד</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:4</a> a time to mourn (<font class="hebrew2">סְפֹד</font>), and <em>a time to skip about</em> (gaily). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>dance, leap: Imperfect</em>3masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">יְרַקְּדוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/13-21.htm">Isaiah 13:21</a> (of <font class="hebrew2">שְׂעִירִים</font>); <font class="hebrew2">יְרַקֵּר֑וּן</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-11.htm">Job 21:11</a> (of children; merrily), <a href="/interlinear/joel/2-5.htm">Joel 2:5</a>(of locusts); <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">מְרַקֵּד</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/15-29.htm">1 Chronicles 15:29</a> (of David; = <font class="hebrew2">מְכַרְכֵּר</font>, <font class="hebrew2">מְפַזֵּז</font>, in "" <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14</a>,16); feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">מְרַקֵּדָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/nahum/3-2.htm">Nahum 3:2</a> (of jolting chariots); in <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/6-21.htm">2 Samuel 6:21</a> a insert <font class="hebrew2">אֲרַקֵּד</font> <em>I will dance</em>, after <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">לִפְנֵי י</font>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> Th We Dr Bu HPS (<font class="hebrew2">מְרַקֵּד</font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">וַיַּרְקִידֵם</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/29-6.htm">Psalm 29:6</a> <em>he</em> (<font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font>) <em>made them skip</em> like calves (trees, by lightning). <p><font class="hebrew2">רַקָּה</font> see I. <font class="hebrew2">רקק</font>. <font class="hebrew2">רַקּוֺן</font> see II. <font class="hebrew2">רקק</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dance, jump, leap, skip <p>A primitive root; properly, to stamp, i.e. To spring about (wildly or for joy) -- dance, jump, leap, skip. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם וירקידם יְרַקְּדוּ־ יְרַקֵּד֔וּן יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ ירקדו־ ירקדון ירקדון׃ מְרַקֵּ֣ד מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃ מרקד מרקדה׃ רְקֽוֹד׃ רָקְד֣וּ רקדו רקוד׃ תִּרְקְד֣וּ תרקדו mə·raq·qê·ḏāh mə·raq·qêḏ merakKed merakkeDah məraqqêḏ məraqqêḏāh rā·qə·ḏū rakeDu rāqəḏū rə·qō·wḏ reKod rəqōwḏ tir·qə·ḏū tirkeDu tirqəḏū vaiyarkiDem way·yar·qî·ḏêm wayyarqîḏêm yə·raq·qə·ḏū- yə·raq·qê·ḏūn yerakkedu yerakkeDun yəraqqəḏū- yəraqqêḏūn<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/15-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 15:29</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ <b> מְרַקֵּ֣ד </b> וּמְשַׂחֵ֔ק וַתִּ֥בֶז</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> David <span class="itali">leaping</span> and celebrating;<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> David <span class="itali">dancing</span> and playing:<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/15-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> King David <span class="itali">leaping</span> and celebrating despised<p><b><a href="/text/job/21-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 21:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם <b> יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And their children <span class="itali">skip about.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and their children <span class="itali">dance.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> their little and their children <span class="itali">skip</span><p><b><a href="/text/psalms/29-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 29:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וַיַּרְקִידֵ֥ם </b> כְּמוֹ־ עֵ֑גֶל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He makes Lebanon <span class="itali">skip</span> like a calf,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">He maketh them also to skip</span> like a calf;<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/29-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">skip</span> like A calf<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/114-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 114:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/114.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הֶֽ֭הָרִים <b> רָקְד֣וּ </b> כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/114.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The mountains <span class="itali">skipped</span> like rams,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/114.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> The mountains <span class="itali">skipped</span> like rams,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/114-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the mountains <span class="itali">skipped</span> rams the hills<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/114-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 114:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/114.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הֶֽ֭הָרִים <b> תִּרְקְד֣וּ </b> כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/114.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> O mountains, <span class="itali">that you skip</span> like rams?<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/114.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Ye mountains, <span class="itali">[that] ye skipped</span> like rams;<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/114-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> mountains <span class="itali">you skip</span> rams hills<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 3:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">סְפ֖וֹד וְעֵ֥ת <b> רְקֽוֹד׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to mourn and a time <span class="itali">to dance.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to mourn, and a time <span class="itali">to dance;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to mourn time <span class="itali">to dance</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/13-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 13:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַֽעֲנָ֔ה וּשְׂעִירִ֖ים <b> יְרַקְּדוּ־ </b> שָֽׁם׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and shaggy goats <span class="itali">will frolic</span> there.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> there, and satyrs <span class="itali">shall dance</span> there.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/13-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Ostriches and shaggy <span class="itali">will frolic</span> there<p><b><a href="/text/joel/2-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joel 2:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joel/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רָאשֵׁ֤י הֶֽהָרִים֙ <b> יְרַקֵּד֔וּן </b> כְּקוֹל֙ לַ֣הַב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joel/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as of chariots <span class="itali">They leap</span> on the tops<br><a href="/kjvs/joel/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of mountains <span class="itali">shall they leap,</span> like the noise<br><a href="/interlinear/joel/2-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the tops of the mountains <span class="itali">leap</span> the crackling of a flame<p><b><a href="/text/nahum/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Nahum 3:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/nahum/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה <b> מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/nahum/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> horses <span class="itali">And bounding</span> chariots!<br><a href="/kjvs/nahum/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> horses, <span class="itali">and of the jumping</span> chariots.<br><a href="/interlinear/nahum/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Galloping chariots <span class="itali">and bounding</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7540.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7540.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7540<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/merakked_7540.htm">mə·raq·qêḏ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/merakkedah_7540.htm">mə·raq·qê·ḏāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/rakedu_7540.htm">rā·qə·ḏū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/rekod_7540.htm">rə·qō·wḏ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tirkedu_7540.htm">tir·qə·ḏū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyarkidem_7540.htm">way·yar·qî·ḏêm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yerakkedu_7540.htm">yə·raq·qə·ḏū- — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yerakkedun_7540.htm">yə·raq·qê·ḏūn — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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