6658. tsadah

Lexicon

tsadah: To lie in wait, to ambush

Original Word: צָדָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tsadah
Pronunciation: tsaw-DAW
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-daw')
KJV: destroy, hunt, lie in wait
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. to chase
2. (by implication) to desolate

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

destroy, hunt, lie in wait

A primitive root; to chase; by implication, to desolate -- destroy, hunt, lie in wait.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. צָדָה verb lie in wait (Late Hebrew id., rare; compare (si vera lectio) Biblical Aramaic צְדָא Daniel 3:14) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳צ Exodus 21:13 (E; absolute); Participle with accusative וְאַתָּה צֹדֶה אֶתנַֿפְשִׁי לְקִחְתָּהּ 1 Samuel 24:11 (Gi; v.1 Samuel 24:12 van d. H. Baer).

II. [צָדָה] verb lay waste (Late Hebrew id. (rare), Aramaic צְדִי, , id.); —

Niph`al Perfect3plural נִצְדּוּ עָרֵיהֶם Zephaniah 3:6 their cities are laid waste.

צֵדָה see צֵידָה, below II. צוד. צֵדְנִיֹּת see צִידֹנִי.

צדק (√of following; Late Hebrew, Aramaic in derivatives; compare Arabic speak the truth (also hard, even, straight, perfect); Sabean צדק just, epithet of king Mordtm^{ZMG xxx (1876), 37} Hom^{Chrest. 125}; usually excellent DHM^{ZMG xxix (1875), 595, 590} CIS^{iv. p. 176}; also verb favour, endow (one with something) CIS^{iv. No. 198 l. 4} DHM^l.c. Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 70 f.}; Phoenician צדק adjective just, right, Tel Amarna (Canaanite) ƒaduk\, innocent Old Aramaic צדק noun righteousness, loylty, Nabataean אצדק adjective authorized, Palmyrene זדקתא εὐσεβής; Saho sada‡, be true, clear Reinisch^{Saho Spr, (1890) 312}; Ethiopic be just, righteous, so Late Hebrew צדק Pi`el Hiph`il, Aramaic צְדֵיק, ; compare Kau^{der. d. St.} צדק (1881) HPS^{צדק etc. Presb. Rev., 1882, 165 ff.} Gerber^206ff.).

Forms and Transliterations

נִצְדּ֧וּ נצדו צָדָ֔ה צֹדֶ֥ה צדה niṣ·dū niṣdū nitzDu ṣā·ḏāh ṣāḏāh ṣō·ḏeh ṣōḏeh tzaDah tzoDeh

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 21:13
HEB: וַאֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א צָדָ֔ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אִנָּ֣ה
NAS: But if he did not lie in wait [for him], but God
KJV: And if a man lie not in wait, but God
INT: if did not lie God let

1 Samuel 24:11
HEB: לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֛ה צֹדֶ֥ה אֶת־ נַפְשִׁ֖י
NAS: and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life
KJV: and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul
INT: sinned you are lying my life to take

Zephaniah 3:6
HEB: מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֑ר נִצְדּ֧וּ עָרֵיהֶ֛ם מִבְּלִי־
NAS: by; Their cities are laid waste, Without
KJV: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man,
INT: no passing are laid their cities one

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6658
3 Occurrences

niṣ·dū — 1 Occ.
ṣā·ḏāh — 1 Occ.
ṣō·ḏeh — 1 Occ.