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title: צַד — side · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַד (6654), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 33 times: side. BDB 1906: n.m. side. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַד

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«צַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **side** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 33 times · **Key:** 6654 · **BDB:** צַד

### Glosses

side (12); the.side (9); sides (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

side [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6654/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. side [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6654/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 25:32 side;—צַד abs. Ez 34:21; Is 60:4, cstr. 2 S 2:16 +; sf. צִדָּהּ Gn 6:16 +, etc.; for צִדָּה 1 S 20:20 read צַ֫דָּה (or צִדֹּה; cf. Dr, \> צִ֫דָּה); pl. צִדִּים Ju 2:3, read prob. צִדֵּיכֶם as Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13; cstr. צִדֵּי Ex 26:13, etc.;—side, of man 2 S 2:16; Nu 33:55; (H) Jos 23:13 (D), Ju 2:3 (prob. read context as Nu 33:55 GFM; DlPr 75 cp. Assyrian ṣaddu, snare, trap); of one lying Ez 4:4, 6, 9, מִצִּדְּךָ אֶל־צִדֶּ֑ךָ v 8 turn from side to side; children carried עַל־צ׳ (i.e. prob. on hip) Is 60:4; 66:12; of cattle Ez 34:21 (in fig.); of things 1 S 20:20 (cf. Dr), Gn 6:16; Ex 25:32(×3) = 37:18(×3), 26:13; 30:4 = 37:27 (all P); מִצַּד at the side of c. gen. th. Dt 31:26, pers. 1 S 20:25; Ru 2:14, מִצִּדְּךָ ψ 91:7; c. gen. loc. Jos 3:16; 12:9, מִצַּד הָהָר 2 S 13:34; מִצַּד הָהָר מִזֶּה 1 S 23:26 bis on this side of the hill and on that side; c. sf. rei מִצִּדּוֹ 1 S 6:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6654/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.9/)

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מֶ֥לֶךְ יְרִיח֖וֹ אֶחָ֑ד מֶ֧לֶךְ הָעַ֛י אֲשֶׁר־מִצַּ֥ד בֵּֽית־אֵ֖לבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Jericho one the.king of.(the) Ai which \[is\].from the.side of Bethel one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one;

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[1 Samuel 20:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.20/)

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וַאֲנִ֕י שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הַחִצִּ֖ים צִדָּ֣ה אוֹרֶ֑ה לְשַֽׁלַּֽח־לִ֖י לְמַטָּרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and I the.three the arrows side its I.will.shoot to send.\[them\] (for myself to a.target

*JPS 1917:* And I will shoot three arrows to the side-ward, as though I shot at a mark.

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