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# צַיִד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6718

**hunting** — used 14 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

hunting [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6718/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צַ֫יִד: n.m. hunting, game [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6718/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. hunting, game;—abs. צ׳ Gn 10:9 +, צָ֑יִד 27:3 (Qr; \> Kt צידה), Ne 13:15, cstr. צֵיד Gn 27:25; sf. צֵידִי v 19, etc.;— hunting Gn 27:30; גִּבֹּר־צ׳ 10:9(×2), יֹדֵעַ צ׳ 25:27 (all J). game hunted and taken (cf. BaNB 161), Gn 25:28; 27:3 (v. supr.) v 5, 7, 19, 25, 31, 33 (all J), cf. Pr 12:27; צֵיד חַיָּה אוֹ עוֹף Lv 17:13 (H).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hunted game (6); hunting (2); of hunting (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 12:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.27/#tree)

לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֣ךְ רְמִיָּ֣ה צֵיד֑וֹ וְהוֹן־אָדָ֖ם יָקָ֣ר חָרֽוּץ׃

*Word for word:* not he.roasts slackness game his.hunted and.\[the\] wealth of.a.person precious a.diligent.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.

[Genesis 25:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.28/#tree)

וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי־צַ֣יִד בְּפִ֑יו וְרִבְקָ֖ה אֹהֶ֥בֶת אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.loved Isaac (et) Esau (dm) hunted.game \[was\].in mouth his and Rebekah \[was\].loving (et) Jacob

*JPS 1917:* Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6718.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6718/): 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).