Lexical Definition

‎צָדָה‎ tsâdâh (tsaw-daw') to ambush ^H:V
a primitive root

destroy, hunt, lie in wait.

• to chase
• by implication, to desolate

1) (Qal) to lie in wait
2) to lay waste
2a) (Niphal) to be laid waste

See Greek: δεσμεύω · ἐκλείπω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: צְדָא
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.

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