בָּדַד (b. h.; √בד; cmp. בז, to enter into, split, separate; v. בדל, בדק, בדר &c.) 1) to scatter. Y. Yoma V, 42ᶜ top בּוֹדְדָהּ ברגלו he scatters it (the frank-incense) with his foot (shoves it apart). —2) to dig out, create, choose, invent. Denom. בַּד II, בַּדִּים. —3) to be lonely. Part. בּוֹדֵד lonely. Pesik. R. s. 29 (30), expl. בדד (Lam. I, 1) = בּוֹדֵד lonely, forsaken. Part. pass. בָּדוּד exiled. Lam. R. to I, 1 בגדים בדודים Ar. (read בגדי) garments of the exiled (כלי גולה, Jer. XLVI, 19); [ed. בגדי בָדָד, a. בְּדָדִין, v. next w.].
Hithpol. - הִתְבּוֹדֵד to be exiled, homeless. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alexandri 1) (ref. to Ps. CII, 8) as the bird מִתְבּוֹדֵד וכ׳ is driven (separated from the rest) from roof to roof.