Lexicon
צֵידָה
tse.dah
H6720
H:N-F Hebrew

provision

12
Occurrences
6
Books
Hebrew
Language

tse.dah denotes supplies or food made ready for a journey, camp, or other undertaking, with a hunting context also attested.

The attested use chiefly concerns supplies or food set aside for travel, military action, or sustenance: people prepare them, carry them, receive them, or lack them. Genesis 27:3 also places two supplied forms in a command involving hunting, where their individual contribution is less clear from the translation.

Senses in use

  1. Supplies prepared, carried, or given · dominant

    The singular absolute form occurs where food or supplies are arranged for a journey or group: in Genesis 42:25 the APB renders Joseph's order to give food for the journey, and in Genesis 45:21 it renders provision for the way. In Joshua 1:11 and Joshua 9:11, people are told to prepare or take supplies for travel; Judges 7:8 depicts the people taking them in hand, and Psalm 78:25 describes provision sent until they were satisfied.

  2. Hunting-context item or game · rare

    Genesis 27:3 contains two supplied noun forms in the command to take vessels, quiver, and bow and to hunt game. The APB renders the whole action as hunting game, but its loose wording does not isolate the contribution of each form; the hunting context is therefore clear, while the precise distinction remains uncertain.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the provision contexts, the APB uses “provisions,” “provision,” “food,” and “supplies”; in Genesis 27:3 it renders the larger clause as “hunt game.” These are renderings of their clauses rather than fixed English equivalents for each occurrence.

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