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title: צָעַד — step · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָעַד (6805), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: step. BDB 1906: vb. step, march. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָעַד

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«צָעַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **step** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6805 · **BDB:** צָעַד

### Glosses

marched (2); he.strode (1); it (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6805/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. step, march [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6805/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. step, march (NH id. (rare); Arabic صَعِدَ ascend);— Pf. 3 fs. צָֽעֲדָה Gn 49:22 (but on text v. infr.); 3 pl. צָֽעֲדוּ 2 S 6:13; Impf. 3 ms. יִצְעָ֑ד Pr 7:8, etc.; Inf. cstr. sf. בְּצַעַדְךָ Ju 5:4, בְּצַעְדְּךָ ψ 68:8;—step, march, of י׳ Ju 5:4 ψ 68:8 (c. ב loc.), Hb 3:12 (c. acc. אֶרֶץ); read prob. also צֹעֵד Is 63:1 (for MT צֹעֶה, v. צעה); of men, c. acc. cogn. צְעָדִים 2 S 6:13 they had gone six steps; c. acc. דֶּרֶךְ step a certain way Pr 7:8; of idols, לֹא יִצְעָ֑דוּ Je 10:5.—בָּנוֹת צָֽעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר Gn 49:22 is dubious: usually (its) daughters (twigs of bough) have climbed over the wall (on sg. vb. v. Ges§ 145 k; others think ה—ָ old fpl. ending, e.g. NöZMG xxxviii (1884), 411 JPPetersHbr iii (1887), 111; v (1888), 199; conject. emend. of text v. in BallHpt Holz). Impf. 3 fs. sf. וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ Jb 18:14 and it (an unseen power Di; disease Du, reading וְיַצ׳) makes him march, c. ל pers.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָעַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6805/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 3:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.12/)

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בְּזַ֖עַם תִּצְעַד־אָ֑רֶץ בְּאַ֖ף תָּד֥וּשׁ גּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* in indignation you.march \[the\].earth in anger you.trample.down nations

*JPS 1917:* Thou marchest through the earth in indignation, Thou threshest the nations in anger.

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[Genesis 49:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.22/)

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בֵּ֤ן פֹּרָת֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף בֵּ֥ן פֹּרָ֖ת עֲלֵי־עָ֑יִן בָּנ֕וֹת צָעֲדָ֖ה עֲלֵי־שֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.son of.a.fruit-bearer Joseph a.son of.a.fruit-bearer at a.spring daughters she.will.climb over a.wall

*JPS 1917:* Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.

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