to hunt
tsud is used for hunting game and for pursuing people or lives as prey.
The term most often depicts the pursuit of people, lives, or a brother as prey, including hostile pursuit and the hunting of souls. It also denotes going into the field to obtain game or a bird, and it is used of obtaining prey for lions.
Senses in use
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Pursuing people or lives as prey · dominant
In Ezekiel 13:18, the Polel infinitive construct occurs in the clause about hunting souls, while Ezekiel 13:20 uses feminine plural active participles for those who hunt souls as they fly. Other Qal forms portray enemies hunting someone like a bird in Lamentations 3:52, hunting people's steps in Lamentations 4:18, and each man hunting his brother with a net in Micah 7:2; in these verses the APB renders the clauses with forms of “hunt” or “hunted.”
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Seeking and taking game or prey · common
In Genesis 27:3, the Qal imperative directs someone to go to the field and obtain game, and Genesis 27:5 uses a Qal infinitive construct for going out to do so. Leviticus 17:13 applies a Qal imperfect to a man obtaining game or an edible bird, while Job 38:39 asks whether prey can be obtained for the lion; the APB renders these clauses with “hunt.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer clauses, the APB commonly uses “hunt,” “hunted,” or “hunts,” whether the object is game, prey, souls, steps, or a brother. Jeremiah 16:16 also presents hunters who “shall hunt them,” while Psalm 140:12 contains the lemma's jussive form but no apparent corresponding hunting expression in the supplied translation.