צ – Tsadi – Biblical Hebrew Study Dictionary

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Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes

 

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צ


צאן     TsAN      flock

‘formation… first… ahead’

– refers to leading flocks.


צבא     TsBA    army / war / host / collection / serve                                                               

צ = formation + בוא = come in


צבה    TsBH     amass / swell                              

צבא = collection + ה = shall be

צבי  TsBY     beauty / gazelle               


צד   TsD     side                                               

‘formation… path through’

– perhaps a path through something is the extent, or length, of it which is parallel to its side.


צדק   TsDQ     righteousness

‘formation… connection… venerated (God)’


צהר    TsHR      window / opening

‘formation… be… body’


צואר    TsWAR     neck                     

צ = formation (or action) + ו = add to  + ארך = length


צוד     TsWD    hunt                         

‘action… add to… path through’

צידה  TsYDH    provision


צוה    TsWH     command

‘action… add to… shall be’

– as in, directions or instructions.


צולה  TsWLH     deep / sink / ocean                                                                   

‘formation… add to… far reaching…be’

– may describe the ocean which was the most far reaching (largest) ‘body’ known.

מצולה  MTsWLH    deep / depth


צום     TsWM    to fast                                         

צוק = oppress + ם = physical

– first occurs in Judges 20:26.


צוץ    TsWTs         twinkle / bloom / flourish

fortwinkle’: 

action… add to… action’

 

forbloom’: 

or:  ‘formation… add to… formation’

 


צוק     TsWQ    oppress                                         

– from ציק  meaning ‘compress’.


צור      TsWR    cliff / rock / shelter / bind / besiege

‘formation… add to… body’

– relative to a mountain which is:  הר   ‘be… body’.

מצר  MTsR    stronghold           

מצור  MTsWR    siege


צחק    TsChQ     laugh                                       

‘action… separate… enduring’

– describes the action of a broken pattern of enduring sound.


ציד     TsYD     hunting                                      

‘action… bring forth… path through’


ציץ     TsYTs     flower                          

‘formation… bring forth… formation’


ציק    TsYQ     compress / constrain         

‘action… bring forth… enduring’

– may refer to the smelting process.

– or may refer to the flattened shape of things found long enduring in the desert.


צל     TsL     shadow / shade                   

‘formation… extending’


צלח     TsLCh     push forward / prosper / succeed   

‘action… extending… separate’


צלל    TsLL     to rattle / quiver                

‘action… extending… extending’ 

מצלתים  MTsLThYM    cymbals


צלם    TsLM     image                                         

צל = shadow + מ = physical


צלמות     TsLMWTh      deep darkness                                                                                

צל = shadow + מ = physical + ו = add + ת = together


צלע    TsLO     side / rib                                               

‘formation… extending… seen’

– the extent, or length, of a formation describes a side.


צמא    TsMA     thirst                                          

‘action… water… first’


צמד    TsMD     pair                                  

‘formation… physical… connection’


צמח   TsMCh     sprout / branch

‘formation… physical… separate’


צמר    TsMR     wool                                                    

צמח = sprout + ר = body


צמת    TsMTh     destroy                                              

צ = action + מות = die


צנה     TsNH     shield                                

‘formation (or action)… ahead… be’

– here ‘ahead’ may indicate physically ‘in front’.


צנף    TsNPh     to wrap                                    

‘formation… ahead… turn’

מצנפת  MTsNPhTh    turban


צעד    TsOD     step                                            

‘action… seen… path through’


צעק     TsOQ     cry out

‘action… perceive… enduring’

צעקה  TsOQH    cry


צער   TsOR     beginning of a city / insignificant

צ = formation + עיר = city

– first occurs in Genesis 13:10.


צפה     TsPhH     overlay / watch

foroverlay’:

‘formation… turn (change)… be’

 

forwatch’:

or:  ‘action… turn (change)… be’

 


צפון   TsPhWN     hidden / unknown / north

‘formation… turn (change)… add to… ahead’


צפן     TsPhN     hide                                

‘action… turn (change)… ahead’

or:  ‘formation… turn (change)… ahead’


צפור    TsPhWR     to fly / bird                            

‘action… wind… add to…  body’


צפּרדע      TsPhRDO      frog           

צפור = to fly + ד = path through + ע = seen


צרעת      TsROTh      leprosy   

‘formation… body… seen… together’

or:  צ = formation + רע = wicked + ת = together

צרע  TsRO     to be a leper


צרר     TsRR     be hostile / bind / restrict 

‘action… man… man’

– activity between men.

צר  TsR    adversary / oppose


צרף    TsRPh     refine                                        

‘action… body… change’


 

 

 

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