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title: צֵידָה — provision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֵידָה (6720), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: provision. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֵידָה

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«צֵידָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **provision** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 6720 · **BDB:** צֵידָה

### Glosses

provision\[s\] (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

provision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6720/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6720/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—abs. צ׳ Jos 9:11 + 2 times; צֵדָה Gn 42:25 + 5 times;—provision for journey, march, Gn 42:25; 45:21 Ex 12:39 (all E), Jos 1:11 (D), 9:11 (JE), Ju 7:8 (text dub. cf. GFM), 20:10 1 S 22:10; supply of food ψ 78:25.—Gn 27:3 v. i. צַיִד, sub צוד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֵידָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6720/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.25/)

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לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃

*Word for word:* bread of.mighty.\[ones\] he.ate everyone provision\[s\] he.sent to them to abundance

*JPS 1917:* Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.

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[1 Samuel 22:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.10/)

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וַיִּשְׁאַל־לוֹ֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וְצֵידָ֖ה נָ֣תַן ל֑וֹ וְאֵ֗ת חֶ֛רֶב גָּלְיָ֥ת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י נָ֥תַן לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.enquired for him by Yahweh and provision\[s\] he.gave to him and (et) the.sword of.Goliath the Philistine he.gave to him

*JPS 1917:* And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.'

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