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# צָדָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6658

**lie in wait** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

lie in wait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6658/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָדָה: vb. lie in wait [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6658/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lie in wait (NH id., rare; cf. (si vera l.) Biblical Aramaic צְדָא Dn 3:14);— Pf. 3 ms. צ׳ Ex 21:13 (E; abs.); Pt. c. acc. וְאַתָּה צֹדֶה אֶת־נַפְשִׁי לְקַחְתָּהּ 1 S 24:11 (Gi; v 12 van d. H. Baer).

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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[are\] lying in wait for (1); he was lying in wait (1).

## In the verses

[Exodus 21:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.13/#tree)

וַאֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א צָדָ֔ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אִנָּ֣ה לְיָד֑וֹ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י לְךָ֙ מָק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָנ֖וּס שָֽׁמָּה׃ס

*Word for word:* and that not he.was.lying.in.wait and (the) God he.allowed.to.happen to hand his and I.will.designate for you a.place where he.will.flee there (to)

*JPS 1917:* And if a man lie not in wait, but God cause it to come to hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he may flee.

[1 Samuel 24:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.24.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.24.12/#tree)

וְאָבִ֣י רְאֵ֔ה גַּ֗ם רְאֵ֛ה אֶת־כְּנַ֥ף מְעִילְךָ֖ בְּיָדִ֑י כִּ֡י בְּכָרְתִי֩ אֶת־כְּנַ֨ף מְעִֽילְךָ֜ וְלֹ֣א הֲרַגְתִּ֗יךָ דַּ֤ע וּרְאֵה֙ כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין בְּיָדִ֜י רָעָ֤ה וָפֶ֙שַׁע֙ וְלֹא־חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֛ה צֹדֶ֥ה אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and O my.father see also see (et) the.skirt your.robe your in hand my (dm) when I cut.off (et) the.skirt your.robe your and not I killed.you know and see (dm).that there.\[is\].not in hand my evil and transgression and not I.have.sinned to you and you \[are\].lying.in.wait.for (et) life my to take it

*JPS 1917:* Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou layest wait for my soul to take it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6658.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6658/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).