צוד

צוּד(b. h.; v. צָדָה) to lie in wait, hunt, catch. Gen. R. s. 66 (ref. to Gen. 27:30) מזויין לָצוּד נפשות (not נפשו) armed to hunt lives (to kill, with ref. to Ex. 21:13, a. 1 Sam. 24:12; v. ‘Rashi a. l.). Ib. s. 67 היה עשו צָדוכ׳ Esau caught deer and tied them. Ib. s. 63 (ref. to Gen. 25:27 sq.) צד את הבריות בפיו he (Esau-Rome) catches men with his mouth (by means of insidious cross-examination in court); ib. s. 37 צד … בפיהם catches people through their own mouth. Deut. R. s. 1 בשעה שיצא לצוד when he went hunting. Sot.4b (ref. to Prov. 6:26) היא תְצוּדֶנּוּ לדינהוכ׳ she will chase him to the judgment of Gehenna. Sabb.XIII, 5 הצר צפור למגדלוכ׳ he who chases a bird into the tower or a deer into the house. Ib. XIV, 1 הצָדָן he who catches them (on the Sabbath). Gen. R. s. 63 (ref. to Gen. l. c.) צידני צד בבית צרוכ׳ a hunter, catching (captivating Isaacs good opinion) in the house, catching in the field, in the house (by asking), how are tithes given of salt ?; a. fr. Nif. נִיצּוֹד, נָצוֹד to be hunted, caught. Sabb.106b כל שבמינו נ׳ an animal which belongs to those that are hunted. Bets.III, 2 יודע שנָצוֹדוּוכ׳ he knows that they have been caught on the eve of the festival. Sabb.I, 6 כדי שיִצּוֹדוּוכ׳ in time to be caught in the net before the Sabbath begins; a. fr.