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title: צוּד — hunt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צוּד (6679), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: hunt. BDB 1906: vb. hunt Pōʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צוּד

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«צוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hunt** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 6679 · **BDB:** צוּד

### Glosses

hunt (3); \[are\].hunting (2); they (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hunt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6679/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. hunt Pōʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6679/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hunt (NH id. (rare), מְצוּדָה = BH Assyrian ṣâdu, hunt, so Arabic (صيد), صَادَ, Aramaic צוּד, צִיד, ((ܨܘܕ) ܨܳܕ) Old Aramaic צידא hunting);— Pf. 3 pl. צָד֣וּ La 4:18; sf. צָדוּנִי 3:52, וְצָדוּם consec. Je 16:16; Impf. 3 ms. יָצוּד Lv 17:13, etc.; Imv. ms. צוּ֫דָה Gn 27:3; Inf. abs. צוֹד La 3:52; cstr. לָצוּד Gn 27:5; Pt. הַצָּד v 33;—hunt, c. acc. i. צַיִד Gn 27:3 Qr (\> Kt צידה), v 5, 33 (all J), צֵיד חַיָּה Lv 17:13 (H); טֶרֶף Jb 38:39; c. acc. pers. Mi 7:2 (+ חֵרֶם, instr.), Je 16:16 (+ מֵעַל), Jb 10:16, צוֹד צָדוּנִי כַצִּפּוֹר La 3:52, subj. evil ψ 140:12; c. acc. צְעָדֵינוּ La 4:18, נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה Pr 6:26.—Ho 9:13 read prob. לָצוּד (or לָצַיִד), for MT לְצוֹר, v. צֹר. Pōʿl. hunt (Keenly, eagerly?), Impf. 2 fpl. תְּצוֹדֵדְנָה Ez 13:18; Inf. cstr. לְצוֹדֵד v 18; Pt. fpl. מְצֹדְדוֹת v 20(×2), all c. acc. נְפָשׁוֹת (of magic arts, necromancy, etc.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 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 «צוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6679/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.39/)

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הֲתָצ֣וּד לְלָבִ֣יא טָ֑רֶף וְחַיַּ֖ת כְּפִירִ֣ים תְּמַלֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* will you.hunt? for a.lion prey and.\[the\] life of.young.lions will.you.fill?

*JPS 1917:* Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

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[Lamentations 3:52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.52/)

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צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* indeed.(hunt) they hunted.me like (the) bird enemies my without.cause

*JPS 1917:* They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.

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