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H6658A

צָדָה

tsa.dahH:V

to ambush

(Qal) to lie in wait

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳צ Exod 21:13 (E; absolute); Participle with accusative וְאַתָּה צֹדֶה אֶתנַֿפְשִׁי לְקִחְתָּהּ 1Sam 24:11 (Gi; v.1Sam 24:12 van d. H. Baer).

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

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נִצְדּוּ עָרֵיהֶם Zeph 3:6 their cities are laid waste.

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

צְדָא noun [masculine] usually (malicious) purpose (Hebraism from Biblical Hebrew צְדִיָּה, √ I. צדה); — with ה interrogative הַצְדָּא Dan 3:14 < read הַאַוְדָּא Bev Dr Kmp.

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