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title: צַיִד — provision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צַיִד (lemma:צַיִד), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: provision. BDB 1906: provision, food. 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: **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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:צַיִד · **BDB:** צַ֫יִד²

### Glosses

food-supply (2); food (1); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

provision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b7_5d9_5b4_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

provision, food [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b7_5d9_5b4_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] provision, food;—abs. צָ֑יִד Ne 13:15; sf. צֵידוֹ Jb 38:41, etc.;—provision taken on journey Jos 9:14, לֶחֶם צֵידָם v 5 (both JE); more gen. (late), food, food-supply, Ne 13:15 ψ 132:15, of raven Jb 38:41.—i. צַיִד v. צוד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5e6_5b7_5d9_5b4_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 132:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.15/)

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צֵ֭ידָהּ בָּרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֵ֑ךְ אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָ אַשְׂבִּ֥יעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* food-supply its abundantly.(bless) I.will.bless its.needy \[people\] I.will.satisfy food

*JPS 1917:* I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.

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[Joshua 9:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.9.14/)

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וַיִּקְח֥וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֖ים מִצֵּידָ֑ם וְאֶת־פִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א שָׁאָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.took the men some of their.sustenance and (et) the.mouth of.Yahweh not they.asked

*JPS 1917:* And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.

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