צַד
tsad (H6654)
side
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# The Hebrew Word צַד (tsad): "Side" The Hebrew word צַד (tsad) appears 33 times throughout the biblical text and carries the fundamental meaning of "side." This straightforward spatial term denotes the lateral or flank position of something—whether referring to the side of a physical object, a location, or a directional reference. Its consistent presence across the biblical corpus suggests it served as an essential vocabulary item for describing spatial relationships and physical arrangements in everyday Hebrew communication. The word's repeated use across 33 occurrences indicates that describing lateral positions and boundaries was a common communicative need in biblical Hebrew. Rather than a specialized or metaphorical term, צַד functioned as a basic descriptive word for indicating which side of something was being referenced. This practical utility explains its regular appearance in narratives, legal descriptions, and architectural accounts where precise spatial orientation mattered. The sheer frequency of occurrence demonstrates that ancient Hebrew speakers relied on this term to convey simple but important positional information in a variety of contexts. Without access to specific usage examples from the lexicon data provided, the analysis remains anchored to its core definition: צַד is a fundamental spatial term meaning "side" that was woven throughout biblical discourse to mark lateral positions and physical boundaries. Its significance lies in its basic functionality within Hebrew's spatial vocabulary rather than in any specialized theological or symbolic meaning.
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You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
There shall be six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side;
The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
You shall make two golden rings for it under its molding; on its two ribs, on its two sides you shall make them; and they shall be for places for poles with which to bear it.
There were six branches going out of its sides: three branches of the lamp stand out of its one side, and three branches of the lamp stand out of its other side:
He made two golden rings for it under its molding crown, on its two ribs, on its two sides, for places for poles with which to carry it.
“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land in which you dwell.
“Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, that it may be there for a witness against you.
the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
Therefore I also said, ‘I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.’ ”
At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.
and take Yahweh’s ark and lay it on the cart. Put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a box by its side; and send it away, that it may go.
I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.
But Absalom fled. The young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms.
For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.
“Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
“Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have appointed forty days, each day for a year, to you.
Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
“Take for yourself also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel. Make bread of it. According to the number of the days that you will lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.
Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;