Lexicon
צָדָה
tsa.dah
H6658B
H:V Hebrew

to waste

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tsa.dah describes cities being left ruined and without inhabitants in a judgment scene.

The attested use describes cities reduced to a ruined, uninhabited condition in the judgment scene of Zephaniah 3:6.

Senses in use

  1. Left ruined and without inhabitants · dominant

    In Zephaniah 3:6, the Niphal perfect plural form occurs in the clause about cities being without a person or inhabitant; the APB renders the surrounding statement, "their cities are wasted so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Zephaniah 3:6, the APB presents the clause with "their cities are wasted," followed by their lack of inhabitants. Its exact English contribution cannot be isolated with certainty.

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