צָדָה
tsâdâh · tsaw-daw'
to chase; by implication, to desolate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to chase; by implication, to desolate
- to chase
- by implication, to desolate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroy, hunt, lie in wait.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָדָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and if a man lie not in wait1 · 33%
- against thee; yet thou huntest1 · 33%
- are destroyed1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.