צַיִדtsayid
צַ֫יִד: hunting, game
Pronunciation: tsah'-yid · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6718
Meanings
1. hunting (Genesis 27:30; Genesis 10:9; Genesis 25:27)
2. game, hunted and taken (Genesis 25:28; Genesis 27:3; Genesis 27:5)
צַ֫יִד: provision, food, food, food-supply (Nehemiah 13:15; Job 38:41; Joshua 9:14; Joshua 9:5; Psalms 132:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:9 Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
- Genesis 25:27 As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home.
- Genesis 25:28 Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Genesis 27:3 Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
- Genesis 27:5 But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,
- Genesis 27:7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).