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title: צְדִיָּה — lying-in-wait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְדִיָּה (6660), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: lying-in-wait. BDB 1906: n.f. lying-in-wait. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְדִיָּה

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«צְדִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lying-in-wait** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6660 · **BDB:** צְדִיָּה

### Glosses

lying.in.wait (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lying-in-wait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6660/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lying-in-wait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6660/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lying-in-wait;—(ב)צ׳ Nu 35:20, 22 i.e. with malicious intent (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְדִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6660/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 35:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.20/)

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וְאִם־בְּשִׂנְאָ֖ה יֶהְדָּפֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ עָלָ֛יו בִּצְדִיָּ֖ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* and if in hatred he will.push.him or he.threw on him with lying.in.wait and he.died

*JPS 1917:* And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died;

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[Numbers 35:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.22/)

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וְאִם־בְּפֶ֥תַע בְּלֹא־אֵיבָ֖ה הֲדָפ֑וֹ אוֹ־הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ עָלָ֛יו כָּל־כְּלִ֖י בְּלֹ֥א צְדִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and if with suddenness with not enmity he pushed.him or he.threw on him any weapon with not lying.in.wait

*JPS 1917:* But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,

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