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title: צָדָה — lay waste · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָדָה (lemma:צָדָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lay waste. BDB 1906: vb. lay waste. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָדָה

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«צָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay waste** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:צָדָה · **BDB:** צָדָה²

### Glosses

they.have.been.laid.waste (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay waste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lay waste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lay waste (NH id. (rare), Aramaic צְדִי, ܨܕܳܐ, ܨܕܺܝ id.);— Pf. 3 pl. נִצְדּוּ עָרֵיהֶם Zp 3:6 their cities are laid waste.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zephaniah 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.3.6/)

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הִכְרַ֣תִּי גוֹיִ֗ם נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ פִּנּוֹתָ֔ם הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי חֽוּצוֹתָ֖ם מִבְּלִ֣י עוֹבֵ֑ר נִצְדּ֧וּ עָרֵיהֶ֛ם מִבְּלִי־אִ֖ישׁ מֵאֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* I.have.cut.off nations they.are.desolate corners their I.have.made.desolate streets their from not \[one.who\].passes.by they.have.been.laid.waste cities their from not anyone from not an.inhabitant

*JPS 1917:* I have cut off nations, their corners are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

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