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title: צַעַד — step · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַעַד (6806), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: step. BDB 1906: n.m. step, pace. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צַעַד

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«צַעַד» 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 6806 · **BDB:** צַ֫עַד

### Glosses

steps (6); step\[s\] (4); my.steps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

step [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6806/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. step, pace [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6806/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.2 S 6:13 step, pace;—abs. צָ֑עַד Pr 30:29; sf. צַעֲדוֹ Je 10:3; Pr 16:9, etc.; pl. cstr. צַעֲדֵי Jb 18:7; sf. צְעָדַי Jb 31:4, etc.;— lit. step, pace, 2 S 6:13, תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַּחְתֵּנִי 2 S 22:37 = ψ 18:37, i.e. givest me firm footing, מֵיטִיבֵי צ׳ Pr 30:29 = making a good step, stately in march; La 4:18 (‖ לָ֑כֶת). step, steps, in fig. of course of life, fortune: sg. לֹא יֵצַר צ׳ Pr 4:12; ‖ דֶּרֶךְ Je 10:23; Pr 16:9; pl. Jb 14:16; 31:4; 34:21, צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ 18:7 (cf. Pr 4:12 supr.); מִסְפַּר־צְעָדַי אַגִּידֶנּוּ 31:37; of harlot Pr 5:5 fig., שְׁאוֹל צְעָדֶיהָ יִתְמֹ֑כוּ.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צַעַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6806/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.5/)

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רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* feet her \[are\].going.down death Sheol steps her they.will.attain

*JPS 1917:* Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on the nether-world;

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[Proverbs 30:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.29/)

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שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה הֵ֭מָּה מֵיטִ֣יבֵי צָ֑עַד וְ֝אַרְבָּעָ֗ה מֵיטִ֥בֵי לָֽכֶת׃

*Word for word:* three.\[things\] they \[are\].doing.well of.step and four.\[things\] \[are\].doing.well (of).to.walk

*JPS 1917:* There are three things which are stately in their march, yea, four which are stately in going:

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