צֵדָה v. צֵידָה , sub II. צוד ^.

צֵדְנִיֹּת v. צִידֹנִי ^.

צדק ( ^√ of foll.; NH , Aramaic in deriv.; cf. Arabic صَدَقَ ^(ṣadaqa) speak the truth (also صَدْقٌ ( ṣadqun ) hard, even, straight, perfect ); Sab. צדק just , epith. of king Mordtm ZMG xxx (1876), 37 Hom ^{Chrest. 125}; usually excellent DHM ZMG xxix (1875), 595, 599 CIS iv. p. 176 ; also verb favour, endow (one with something) CIS ^{iv. No.} 198, 1. 4 DHM l.c. Mordtm Him. Inschr. 70 f. ; Ph. צדק adj. just, right , TelAm. (Can.) ṣaduḳ innocent; Old Aramaic צדק n. righteousness, loyalty , Nab. אצדק adj. authorized , Palm. זדקתא

εὐσεβής ; Saho sadaḳ , be true, clear Reinisch

SahoSpr , (1890) 312 ; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ṣadqa ) be just, righteous , so NH צדק Pi. Hiph., Aramaic צְדֵיק , ܙܕܰܩ ( zdaq ); cf. Kau

Deriv. d. St צדק (1881) HPS צדק ^etc. Presb. Rev. , 1882, 165 ff. Gerber ^{206 ff.}) .

• צֶ˜דֶק S 6664 TWOT 1879a GK 7406 n.m. Is 1:21 rightness, righteousness ;— צ׳ Lv 19:36 + 87 times; צִדְקִי Is 41:10 + 8 times, etc.;— 1. what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness , of weights and measures, אֵיפָה , שְׁלֵמָה וָצֶדֶק אֶבֶן Dt 25:15 a perfect and a just weight, ephah; מֹאזְנֵי צ׳ ; אַבְנֵי צ׳ , אֵיפַת צ׳ , הִין צ׳ , בַּת צ׳ Lv 19:36 ( H ) Jb 31:6 Ez 45:1 0; מַעְגְּלֵי צ׳ right paths ψ 23:3 ; זִבְחֵי צ׳ 2 Dt 33:19 ψ 4:6 ; 51:21 . 2. righteousness , in government: a. of judges, rulers, kings, שׁפט בצ׳ Lv 19:15 ( H ); שׁפט צ׳ Dt 1:16 Pr 31: 9; משׁפט צ׳ Dt 16:1 8; רדף צ׳ v 2 0; חֹוקֵק צ׳ Pr 8:1 5; מלך לצ׳ Is 32: 1; דבּר צ׳ ψ 58:2 ; also Pr 25:5 ψ 94:15 Ec 5: 7. b. of law, as מִשְׁפָּטִים Is 58:2 ψ 119:7 , 62 , 75 , 106 , 160 ( Ö , but MT מִשְׁפַּט ), v

Mordtm J. H. Mordtmann.

No. number. Mordtm J. H. Mordtmann, Himjarische Inschriften. Ph. Phenician.

Nab. Nabataean.

SahoSpr Saho Spache. Kau E. Kautzsch.

St H. Steiner. HPS H. P. Smith.

Presb. Rev. Presbyterian Review (New York). MT Masoretic Text.