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title: צְדָא — purpose · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: צְדָא (lemma:צְדָא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: purpose. BDB 1906: purpose. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְדָא

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«צְדָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **purpose** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:צְדָא · **BDB:** צְדָא

### Glosses

purpose? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purpose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

purpose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] usually (malicious) purpose (Hebraism from BH צְדִיָּה, √ I. צדה);—c. ה interrog. הַצְדָּא Dn 3:14; הַאַזְדָּא Bev Dr Kmp.

### Jastrow 1903

צְדָא

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. צְדֵי

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְדָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.14/)

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עָנֵ֤ה נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְה֔וֹן הַצְדָּ֕א שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ לֵֽאלָהַ֗י לָ֤א אִֽיתֵיכוֹן֙ פָּֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימֶת לָ֥א סָֽגְדִֽין׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Nebuchadnezzar and.\[was\] saying to them purpose? O.Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego to gods my not there you \[are\].paying.reverence and to the.image of.(the) gold which I.have.set.up not \[you.are\].paying.homage

*JPS 1917:* Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them: 'Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

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