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title: צַיִד — hunting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַיִד (6718), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: hunting. BDB 1906: n.m. hunting, game. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַיִד

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«צַיִד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hunting** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6718 · **BDB:** צַ֫יִד

### Glosses

hunted.game (6); hunting (2); of.hunting (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hunting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6718/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. hunting, game [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6718/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. hunting, game;—abs. צ׳ Gn 10:9 +, צָ֑יִד 27:3 (Qr; \> Kt צידה), Ne 13:15, cstr. צֵיד Gn 27:25; sf. צֵידִי v 19, etc.;— hunting Gn 27:30; גִּבֹּר־צ׳ 10:9(×2), יֹדֵעַ צ׳ 25:27 (all J). game hunted and taken (cf. BaNB 161), Gn 25:28; 27:3 (v. supr.) v 5, 7, 19, 25, 31, 33 (all J), cf. Pr 12:27; צֵיד חַיָּה אוֹ עוֹף Lv 17:13 (H).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 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 «צַיִד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6718/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 12:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.27/)

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לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֣ךְ רְמִיָּ֣ה צֵיד֑וֹ וְהוֹן־אָדָ֖ם יָקָ֣ר חָרֽוּץ׃

*Word for word:* not he.roasts slackness game his.hunted and.\[the\] wealth of.a.person precious a.diligent.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.

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[Genesis 25:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.28/)

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וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי־צַ֣יִד בְּפִ֑יו וְרִבְקָ֖ה אֹהֶ֥בֶת אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.loved Isaac (et) Esau (dm) hunted.game \[was\].in mouth his and Rebekah \[was\].loving (et) Jacob

*JPS 1917:* Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.

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