R-D-P means to chase, hound, or drive someone out. The Qala renders it driven out in the last Beatitude, where the reign of the heavens is promised to people chased away for doing what is right.
| Form | Pattern | Transliteration | Script | Standard | Qala rendering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verb (Peal) | simple stem | rdap | רדף ܪܕܦ | to pursue, persecute | to drive out |
| Active participle, pl. | peal participle | radpin (wradpin) | ורדפין ܘܪܳܕ݂ܦ݁ܺܝܢ | they persecute | they drive (you) out |
| Passive (Ethpeel) | et- prefix | etrdep (detrdepw) | — | be persecuted | those driven out (Matthew 5:10) |
| Noun | -ya abstract | rdupya | — | persecution | being driven out (Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; 10:30) |
In the Gospels the verb appears in the Peal, rdap, to drive out (Matthew 5:44; 10:23), go after in John 5:16 and 15:20, and in the Ethpeel, etrdep, to be driven out (Matthew 5:10).
Name one person who has worked against you, and pray for them by name today, as Matthew 5:44 asks.
The Hebrew cognate is radaf (רָדַף), the identical root, most famously turned kind in Psalm 23:6, where goodness and mercy pursue the psalmist all the days of his life.