צוּד
tsûwd · tsood
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from H6718 (צַיִד)
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
- to lie alongside (i.e. in wait)
- by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men)
- to victual (for a journey)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
To pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צוּד 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to hunt2 · 11%
- they hunt2 · 11%
- and take1 · 6%
- is he that hath taken1 · 6%
- you, which hunteth1 · 6%
- for our provision1 · 6%
- thou huntest1 · 6%
- wilt thou hunt1 · 6%
- shall hunt1 · 6%
- will hunt1 · 6%
- and they shall hunt1 · 6%
- chased1 · 6%
- me sore1 · 6%
- will ye hunt1 · 6%
- there hunt1 · 6%
- that ye hunt1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.