A primitive root; to divide, i.e. (reflex.) Be solitary -- alone.
H909. badad
I. [בָּדַד] verb be separate, isolated (Arabic cause to withdraw; II. separate, disunite, Genesis 11:8 Saad; IV. divide into parts; x. go alone, act independently), only Participle בּוֺדֵד Isaiah 14:31 (of straggler in army), Hosea 8:9 לוֺ בוֺדֵד מֶּרֶא a wild-ass (simile of Ephraim) going alone for itself (i.e. willfully: see below לְ), Psalm 102:8 (of bird sitting solitarily).