Hebrew word · H6657

צְדָד

tzedadah

Zedad

A place name found only here and in Ezekiel 47:15, Ezekiel's vision of the restored land, which repeats this northern border.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Zedad = "mountain side"

one of the landmarks on the northern border of Israel as promised by Moses and restated by Ezekiel

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Numbers 34:8

Range of meaning

A place name found only here and in Ezekiel 47:15, Ezekiel's vision of the restored land, which repeats this northern border.

Against the English

BSB and WEB have 'extend to' and 'pass by' Zedad. These read the endpoint differently: WEB suggests the line skirts the town, while most others have the line run to it. The Hebrew -ah ending simply means 'toward'.

Used elsewhere in the period

Most often identified with Ṣadad, a village about 100 km north-east of Damascus, east of the Anti-Lebanon range and on the edge of the Syrian steppe. The identification is widely accepted but not certain.

Where it appears

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 34:8 צְדָֽדָה׃ Zedad towards

    and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,

    Here: Zedad with the Hebrew ending -ah, meaning 'toward'. It is usually identified with the village of Ṣadad, east of the Anti-Lebanon range between Damascus and Homs. The line now swings inland toward the desert edge.

Ezekiel · 1

  1. Ezekiel 47:15 צְדָֽדָה׃ Zedad towards

    This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad,

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.