צִיָּה
tsîyâh · tsee-yaw'
aridity; concretely, a desert
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to parch;
aridity; concretely, a desert
- aridity
- concretely, a desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
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
- 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 hand that works › to reveal, behold
To pursue the straight path of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צִיָּה 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and dry2 · 13%
- drought1 · 6%
- into the wilderness1 · 6%
- for thee in a dry1 · 6%
- in the wilderness1 · 6%
- in the dry places1 · 6%
- and the solitary place1 · 6%
- and the dry1 · 6%
- out of a dry1 · 6%
- of drought1 · 6%
- a dry land1 · 6%
- a dry1 · 6%
- in a dry1 · 6%
- her like a dry1 · 6%
- barren1 · 6%
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.