Original Word: צָדָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tsadah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-daw')
Short Definition: destroy 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.).

destroy, hunt, lie in wait

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

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