Hebrew words starting with tsade
250 words in the Bible begin with tsade (צ), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 2. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
+3 more meanings
- the host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
- service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
- the plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
- tsonצֹאןsmall livestock collectively: sheep and goats kept together as a flock, the primary unit of pastoral wealth and sacrifice
+1 more meaning
- God's people described as a flock: Israel vulnerable and dependent, cared for or scattered by their shepherd-leaders
- tsaddiqצַדִּיקin the right: the person, ruler, or God whose conduct and claim match what is right and so stand up when tested
- tsedaqahצְדָקָהrighteousness put into action: doing what is right, the concrete deed or settled practice that puts a relationship, a community, or God's own dealings in their proper order
- tsiyyonצִיּוֹןZion: the hill in Jerusalem that God chose for himself, and by extension the city built around it, the people who belong to it, and the future promised to them
- tsaphonצָפוֹןnorth: the northern direction, the northern quarter, and the lands that lie that way
- tsedeqצֶדֶקrightness: conformity to what is truly right, the standard or order things ought to match.
- tsarצַרnarrow and tight, and so the pressure of being hemmed in: distress, trouble, straits
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- an enemy: one who acts with hostility, an opponent or foe
- tsurצוּרa rock: a massive block of stone, a cliff or boulder, and from there a name for God as the unmovable place of safety
- tsarahצָרָהdistress: the experience of being in a tight, threatening place, whether outward danger or inner anguish
+1 more meaning
- a rival wife: a second wife who is felt as an adversary, the one who brings grief to the first
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto rush forward and break through: to surge ahead with sudden, irresistible force, cutting a way through whatever stands in front
+1 more meaning
- to succeed, prosper, turn out well: to reach a good and fitting completion, especially because God brings it about
- tsidqiyyahצִדְקִיָּהוּZedekiahnot studied yet
- tsa'aqצָעַקto cry out: to call aloud in distress, alarm, or urgent appeal for help
+1 more meaning
- to be summoned together: to be called out and rallied as a group, especially for battle
- tsararצָרַרto bind tight, or to be pressed tight: to wrap something up, to be too narrow, or to be squeezed into hardship
+1 more meaning
- to treat as an enemy: to be hostile toward someone, to oppose them as a foe or rival
- tsadoqצָדוֹקZadoknot studied yet
- tselצֵלthe dark, cooler shape thrown when something blocks the light: a shadow or patch of shade, and by extension the protection or the fleeting quality that a shadow stands for
- tsaphahצָפָהto overlay a surface with a thin applied layer, especially to plate wood or stone with metal
- tsavvarצַוָּארthe neck: the part of the body joining the head to the shoulders
+1 more meaning
- a necklace: an ornament worn around the neck
- tsorצֹרTyrenot studied yet
- tsadaqצָדֵקto be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
+1 more meaning
- to put someone in the right: to declare, pronounce, or treat a person as righteous, to acquit and vindicate them
- tselaצֵלָעside: the lateral part, flank, or side-extension of a thing
- tsipporצִפּוֹרa bird, most often a small wild one, and birds taken together as a class
- tsurצוּרto hem in: to close something off so it cannot get out or move freely, whether a besieged city, money tied in a bag, or a person pressed on every side
+2 more meanings
- to treat as an enemy: to act with hostility toward someone, opposing or harassing them
- to fashion: to shape an object out of metal by working it into form
- tsaphahצָפָהto keep watch: to fix one's eyes on something with alert, purposeful attention
- tsara'atצָרַעַתa spreading surface disorder (scaling, discoloration, or eruption) that a priest inspects and declares ritually unclean: the biblical category long but misleadingly translated leprosy
- tseviצְבִיthe gazelle: a small, swift, graceful wild antelope hunted for food and admired for its speed
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- beauty that is coveted: the splendor or glory that makes something an object of pride and longing
- tsadצַדthe side, flank, or edge of a body, object, or place; also used to mean beside or alongside
- tsamaḥצָמַחto sprout up out of the ground, or to make something sprout: the fresh springing of new growth
- tsaraphצָרַףto refine metal by fire: to melt down silver or gold and burn out its impurities, and by extension to test and prove something until only what is pure remains
- tsaphanצָפַןto hide something away: to put a person or thing out of sight, whether to keep it safe, to keep it secret, or to lie in wait unseen.
- tsomצוֹםa fast: deliberately going without food for a time to humble oneself before God in grief, repentance, or urgent need
- tseruyahצְרוּיָהZeruiahnot studied yet
- tsoharצֹהַרnoon: the middle of the day, when the sun stands highest and the light is fullest.
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- an opening Noah was told to make near the top of the ark, whose exact form (window, roof, or light-shaft) is uncertain.
- tsa'irצָעִירsmall or lesser: the younger of a family, or the one lowest in rank, size, or importance.
- tsidonצִידוֹןSidonnot studied yet
- tsinnahצִנָּהa large shield: the tall, body-length shield a soldier crouched behind in battle
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- a hook or barb: a pointed implement for dragging captives away
- coolness: the refreshing chill of cold, as of snow
- tsumצוּםto fast: to go without food for a time as an act of humbling oneself before God, in mourning, repentance, or urgent prayer
- tsa'aqahצְעָקָהa loud outcry: the desperate, involuntary cry of a person in pain, terror, or under injustice, calling out to be heard and helped
- tsaraצָרַעto be struck with a defiling skin disease: to break out in the scaly, spreading condition that made a person ceremonially unclean and forced them to live apart from others.
- tsayidצַיִדhunting, and the wild game it yields: the chase itself and the meat a hunter brings home
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- provisions: food stored or carried as supply, especially for a journey
- tsudצוּדto hunt: to chase down and catch prey, whether a wild animal or a person pursued like game
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- to take provisions: to stock oneself with food and supplies for a journey
- tsalmavetצַלְמָוֶתthe deepest, most frightening darkness, the kind that feels like the edge of the grave
- tselemצֶלֶםimage: a concrete, fashioned thing that stands in for and makes present whatever it represents
- tsamaצָמָאthirst: the painful craving for water when it is lacking, and the deadly deprivation behind that craving.
- tsivaצִיבָאZibanot studied yet
- tsidoniצִידֹנִיSidoniannot studied yet
- tsiyyahצִיָּהdry, waterless land: parched, sun-baked ground where nothing grows, and the drought that leaves it so.
- tsemerצֶמֶרwool: the soft fleece shorn from sheep, spun and woven into cloth
- tsitsצִיץa blossom: the open flower of a plant, whether growing, carved as ornament, or held up as the picture of what withers fast
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- the gold plate fastened to the front of the high priest's turban, engraved with the words "Holy to the LORD"
- a word of unrecovered sense in a single line about Moab, read by older translations as "wings"
- tsemedצֶמֶדa matched pair: two animals or riders taken together, especially a team of oxen joined at a single yoke
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- an acre: a measure of farmland, as much ground as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day
- tsamatצָמַתto put a final end to someone or something: to destroy, exterminate, wipe out
- tsiqlagצִקְלַגZiklagnot studied yet
- tsavaצָבָאto serve in a mustered company: to march out to war, or to take a turn of organized duty at the sanctuary
- tsa'adצַעַדa step: one reach of the leg in walking, and so the stride itself or the whole course a person's walking takes
- tsaḥaqצָחַקto laugh: the sudden, involuntary laugh that breaks out in wonder, joy, or disbelief
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- to make sport: to turn laughter into an activity, whether harmless play and joking, derisive mockery, or intimate caressing
- tsepharde'aצְפַרְדֵּעַfrog: the small marsh amphibian that breeds in river mud, named in the Bible only as the swarm God sent up out of the Nile over Egypt
- tsovaצוֹבָאZobahnot studied yet
- tsirצִירan envoy: a person formally dispatched with a message on someone else's authority, most often between rulers or nations
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- a hinge: the pivot a door swings on
- a writhing pang: the seizing, doubling-over pain of labor, or that same pain brought on by dread
- tsalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּעZalmunnanot studied yet
- tsemaḥצֶמַחwhat has sprouted: the fresh growth a field or plant puts out, and by extension the ruler God promises to grow from David's line
- tse'etsaצֶאֱצָאwhat has come forth from a source: the children and descendants a person has produced, or the growth a stretch of ground sends up
- tsuqצוּקto press hard on someone until there is no room left: to hem in, harass, or wear down by relentless pressure
- tselophḥadצְלׇפְחָדZelophehadnot studied yet
- tsameצָמֵאto be thirsty: to feel the body's urgent need for water
- tsinצִןZinnot studied yet
- tso'arצֹעַרZoarnot studied yet
- tsephanyahצְפַנְיָהוּZephaniahnot studied yet
- tserorצְרוֹרa small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
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- a pebble: a small loose stone, small enough to stand for the last scrap of anything
- Zeror: a man named among the forefathers of King Saul
- tsorahצׇרְעָהZorahnot studied yet
- tsahalצָהַלto let out a loud, piercing cry: a horse's neigh, or a human shout of joy or alarm
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- to make something gleam: to give a face the bright sheen of oil
- tsavצַוa curt order: a short, clipped command laid on someone, one rule barked out after another
- tsutsצוּץto blossom: to break into flower, and so to burst into growth that everyone can see
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- to peer: to look out through a narrow gap or opening
- tsedahצֵידָהprovisions: the food people gather up and take with them when they leave home.
- tsameצָמֵאthirsty: in need of water and craving it, whether a person longing for a drink or ground parched for rain
- tsivonצִבְעוֹןZibeonnot studied yet
- tsa'adצָעַדto step, to stride: to move forward with deliberate, measured steps
- tsavarצָבַרto heapnot studied yet
- tsurishaddayצוּרִישַׁדָּיZurishaddainot studied yet
- tsamidצָמִידbraceletnot studied yet
- tso'anצֹעַןZoannot studied yet
- tsipporצִפּוֹרZippornot studied yet
- tsappaḥatצַפַּחַתjarnot studied yet
- tsiyyiצִיwild beastnot studied yet
- tseltselimצֶלְצְלִיםcymbals: the clashing metal plates sounded in worship, named after the ringing noise they make
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- whirring, buzzing: the sound of beating wings, or the winged pest known by that sound
- a barbed spear for taking fish: a harpoon
- tsaphirצָפִירmale goatnot studied yet
- tseriצֳרִיbalsamnot studied yet
- tsevo'imצְבֹיִיםZeboiimnot studied yet
- tso'ahצֹאָהfilthnot studied yet
- tsu'arצוּעָרZuarnot studied yet
- tsurצוּרZurnot studied yet
- tseḥi'aḥצְחִיחַbarenot studied yet
- tsoḥarצֹחַרZoharnot studied yet
- tsamadצָמַדto joinnot studied yet
- tsammeretצַמֶּרֶתtreetopnot studied yet
- tsaniphצָנִיףturbannot studied yet
- tsa'ahצָעָהto marchnot studied yet
- tsippuyצִפּוּיplatingnot studied yet
- tsiphoniצִפְעוֹנִיserpentnot studied yet
- tsoriצֹרִיTyriannot studied yet
- tsevaḥahצְוָחָהoutcrynot studied yet
- tsuphצוּףZuphnot studied yet
- tsopharצוֹפַרZopharnot studied yet
- tsuqahצוּקָהanguishnot studied yet
- tsurahצוּרָהdesignnot studied yet
- tsaḥצַחdazzlingnot studied yet
- tsiצִיshipnot studied yet
- tsitsitצִיצִתa hanging protrusion that catches the eye: a blossom-shaped tassel of threads worn at a garment's corner, or by extension a lock of hair
- tsalalצָלַלto tinglenot studied yet
- tselelצֵלֶלa shadow: the dark shape thrown where something blocks the light, whether the cool cover a tree gives or the long shapes that mark the closing of the day
- tsalaצָלַעto limpnot studied yet
- tselaצֶלַעstumblingnot studied yet
- tsammahצַמָּהveilnot studied yet
- tsammuqצַמּוּקclusternot studied yet
- tsaphaphצָפַףto whispernot studied yet
- tseri'aḥצְרִיחַstrongholdnot studied yet
- tsa'ahצֵאָהexcrementnot studied yet
- tsavצָבlitternot studied yet
- tsevaצֶבַעdyenot studied yet
- tsadahצָדָהto ambushnot studied yet
- tsahovצָהֹבyellownot studied yet
- tsuphצוּףto flow over something, or to bring something up so that it rides on the surface of the water
- tsuqצוּקto pournot studied yet
- tsiyyunצִיּוּןsignpostnot studied yet
- tsi'aḥצִיחָאZihanot studied yet
- tsalahצָלָהto roastnot studied yet
- tsillahצִלָּהZillah: the second wife of Lamech in Cain's family line, a name that most likely means "shadow", in the sense of shelter and protection
- tsallaḥatצַלַּחַתdishnot studied yet
- tsaliצָלִיroastednot studied yet
- tsalmonצַלְמוֹן(Mount) Zalmonnot studied yet
- tsimma'onצִמָּאוֹןparchednot studied yet
- tsanaḥצָנַחto descendnot studied yet
- tsanaphצָנַףto wrapnot studied yet
- tse'adahצְעָדָהmarchingnot studied yet
- tsa'iphצָעִיףshawlnot studied yet
- tsa'arצָעַרbe littlenot studied yet
- tsephoצְפוֹ, צְפִיZephonot studied yet
- tsephirahצְפִירָהdiadem/doomnot studied yet
- tsipporahצִפֹּרָהZipporahnot studied yet
- tsarevetצָרֶבֶתscarnot studied yet
- tsirahצִרְעָהhornetnot studied yet
- tsoriצׇרְעָתִיZorathitenot studied yet
- tsarephatצָרְפַתZarephathnot studied yet
- tsaretanצָרְתָןZarethannot studied yet
- tse'elצֶאֱלִיםlotusnot studied yet
- tsavahצָבָהto swellnot studied yet
- tsivyyahצִבְיָהZibiahnot studied yet
- tseviyyahצְבִיָּהa female gazelle: the doe of the small, swift, graceful antelope of the open hills
- tsevo'imצְבֹעִיםZeboimnot studied yet
- tsedadצְדָדZedadnot studied yet
- tsediyyahצְדִיָּהambushnot studied yet
- tsoצוֹאfilthynot studied yet
- tsuphצוּףa honeycomb, and the fresh honey running out of it, held up in poetry as the measure of sweetness
- tsophaḥצוֹפַחZophahnot studied yet
- tseḥoqצְחֹקlaughternot studied yet
- tsivonצָיוֹןdrynessnot studied yet
- tsalalצָלַלto shadenot studied yet
- tsalmonahצַלְמֹנָהZalmonahnot studied yet
- tselaצֵלַעZelanot studied yet
- tseleqצֶלֶקZeleknot studied yet
- tsilltayצִלְּתַיZillethainot studied yet
- tsammimצַמִּיםsnarenot studied yet
- tsemitutצְמִיתֻתfinalitynot studied yet
- tsemariצְמָרִיZemaritenot studied yet
- tsemarayimצְמָרַיִם(Mount) Zemaraimnot studied yet
- tsenצֵןthornnot studied yet
- tsonehצֹנֶהsheepnot studied yet
- tsinnurצִנּוֹרwaternot studied yet
- tsaninצָנִיןthornnot studied yet
- tsanaצָנַעbe humblenot studied yet
- tsa'anannimצַעֲנַנִּיםZaanannimnot studied yet
- tsophnat pane'aḥצָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַZaphenath-paneahnot studied yet
- tsipporenצִפֹּרֶןfingernailnot studied yet
- tsorצֹרflintnot studied yet
- tseredahצְרֵדָהZeredahnot studied yet
- tsaraḥצָרַחto crynot studied yet
- tseret hashshaḥarצֶרֶת הַשַּׁחַרZereth-shaharnot studied yet
- tsa'ananצַאֲנָןZaanannot studied yet
- tsovevahצֹבֵבָהZobebahnot studied yet
- tsavehצָבֶהswollennot studied yet
- tsavu'aצָבוּעַvariegatednot studied yet
- tsavatצָבַטto servenot studied yet
- tsivyaצִבְיָאZibianot studied yet
- tsibburצִבּוּרheapnot studied yet
- tsevetצְבָתִיםbundlenot studied yet
- tsiddimצִדִּיםZiddimnot studied yet
- tsahavצָהֵבto gleamnot studied yet
- tsaharצָהַרto pressnot studied yet
- tsavaḥצָוַחto cry aloudnot studied yet
- tsulahצוּלָהdeepnot studied yet
- tsuri'elצוּרִיאֵלZurielnot studied yet
- tsutצוּתto burnnot studied yet
- tsiḥehצִחֶהparchednot studied yet
- tsaḥaḥצָחַחbe dazzlingnot studied yet
- tseḥiḥahצְחִיחָהparchednot studied yet
- tsaḥanahצַחֲנָהstenchnot studied yet
- tsaḥtsaḥahצַחְצָחָהscorchednot studied yet
- tsaḥarצַחַרSaharnot studied yet
- tsaḥorצָחֹרtawnynot studied yet
- tsayyadצַיָּדhunternot studied yet