צַיִד
tsayid · tsah'-yid
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
Lexicon
Derivation: from a form of H6679 (צוּד) and meaning the same;
the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey)
- the chase
- also, game (thus taken)
- (generally) lunch (especially 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: [idiom] catcheth, food, [idiom] hunter, (that which he took in) hunting, venison, victuals.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
To pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צַיִד 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
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hunter3 · 16%
- venison3 · 16%
- of his venison1 · 5%
- me some venison1 · 5%
- for venison1 · 5%
- me venison1 · 5%
- of my venison1 · 5%
- from his hunting1 · 5%
- and catcheth1 · 5%
- of their provision1 · 5%
- of their victuals1 · 5%
- victuals1 · 5%
- his food1 · 5%
- her provision1 · 5%
- not that which he took in hunting1 · 5%
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.