Strong's Lexicon

H6679

H6679 — צּוּד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewtsuwdverbOccurrences: 18TWOT: 1885

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6679
Word:צּוּד
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:18
Transliteration:tsuwd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tsood
Meaning:1. to lie alongside (i.e. in wait) 2. (by implication) to catch an animal 3. (figuratively) to catch men 4. (denominative from H6718) to obtain food or provision (for a journey), victual
KJV Renderings:chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6964

I. צוּד verb hunt (Late Hebrew id. (rare), מְצוּדָה = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian ƒâdu , hunt, so Arabic [untranscribed source text 4451], [untranscribed source text 4452], Aramaic צוּד, צִיד, ( [untranscribed source text 4453]) [untranscribed source text 4454]; Old Aramaic צידא hunting); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural צָד֣וּ Lam 4:18 suffix צָדוּנִי Lam 3:52, וְצָדוּם consecutive Jer 16:16 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָצוּד Lev 17:13, etc.; Imperative masculine singular צוּ֫דָה Gen 27:3 Infinitive absolute צוֺד Lam 3:52 construct לָצוּד Gen 27:5 Participle הַצָּד Gen 27:33 — hunt, with accusative 1. צַיִד Gen 27:3 Qr (> Kt צידה), Gen 27:5 Gen 27:33 (all J ), צֵיד חַיָּה Lev 17:13 ( H ); טֶרֶף Job 38:39 with accusative of person Mic 7:2 (+חֵרֶם, instrumental), Jer 16:16 (+מֵעַל), Job 10:16, צוֺד צָדוּנִי כַצִּפּוֺד Lam 3:52, subject evil Ps 140:12 with accusative צְעָדֵינוּ Lam 4:18, נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה Prov 6:26. — Hos 9:13 read probably לָצוּד (or לָצַיִד), for ᵑ0 לְצוֺר, see צֹר .
Po'l. hunt (keenly, eagerly?), Imperfect 2 feminine plural תְּצוֺדֵדְנָה Ezek 13:18 Infinitive construct לְצוֺדֵד Ezek 13:18 Participle feminine plural מְצֹדְדוֺת Ezek 13:20 v Ezek 13:20, all with accusative נְפָשׁוֺת (of magic arts, necromancy, etc.).


BDB6977

[צִיד] verb denominative

Hithpa`el supply oneself with provisions, take as one's provision — Perfect 1 plural הִצְטַיַּדְנוּ Josh 9:12 this bread we took as our provision; Imperfect 3 masculine plural וֵיִּצְטַיָָּֽדוּ Josh 9:4 (so read for ᵑ0 וַיִּצְטַיָָּֽרוּ, Manuscripts Vrss Thes and others), absolute


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מצודה (m’tzoh-dah’)

Ecclesiastes 9:12

KJV: For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
EHCC: the fishes that are taken in an evil net,
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