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title: צְעָדָה — marching · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְעָדָה (6807), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: marching. BDB 1906: n.f. marching. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְעָדָה

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«צְעָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **marching** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6807 · **BDB:** צְעָדָה

### Glosses

marching (1); of.marching (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

marching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6807/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. marching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6807/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. marching;—קוֹל צ׳ 2 S 5:24 the sound of marching = 1 Ch 14:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «צְעָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6807/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 5:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.24/)

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וִ֠יהִי כְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֞ אֶת־ק֧וֹל צְעָדָ֛ה בְּרָאשֵׁ֥י הַבְּכָאִ֖ים אָ֣ז תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ כִּ֣י אָ֗ז יָצָ֤א יְהוָה֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ לְהַכּ֖וֹת בְּמַחֲנֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and let.it.be just as you.hear (et) \[the\].sound of.marching in the.tops of the.balsam.trees then you.will.act.decisively (dm) then he.has.gone.out Yahweh before you to attack (in).the camp of.\[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the LORD gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.'

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[1 Chronicles 14:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.14.15/)

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וִ֠יהִי כְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֞ אֶת־ק֤וֹל הַצְּעָדָה֙ בְּרָאשֵׁ֣י הַבְּכָאִ֔ים אָ֖ז תֵּצֵ֣א בַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה כִּֽי־יָצָ֤א הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ לְהַכּ֖וֹת אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and let.it.be just as you.hear (et) the.sound of.(the) marching in the.tops of the.balsam.trees then you.will.go.out in (the) battle (dm) he.has.gone.out (the) God before you to attack (et) the.camp of.\[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.'

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