יָדַד yâdad
Meaning
properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots
In the King James Version: cast.
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H3034 (יָדָה))
Where it is used
- Joel 3:3 They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Obadiah 1:11 On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
- Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.