H6737 H6737
to take provisions, supply oneself with food for a journey
This denominative verb from the noun for 'provisions' means to supply oneself with food or take provisions for a journey. Joshua 9:4 and 9:12 use it of the Gibeonites' deception—they claimed to have provisioned themselves long ago for a distant journey, showing worn-out bread as proof. The verb appears in Hithpael, suggesting a reflexive action: they supplied themselves. The multilingual glosses show confusion (English 'disguised,' Spanish 'made themselves ambassadors'), but the root sense is taking provisions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To supply oneself with provisions or take food for a journey. Joshua 9:4, 12 uses this verb (in Hithpael) to describe the Gibeonites' claim: 'this bread we took as our provision' when leaving home, allegedly weeks ago. The verb emphasizes the act of preparing travel food. Textual variants suggest v. 4 should also read this verb rather than 'disguised themselves,' maintaining consistency with the provision theme. 1×
AR["وَ-تَزَوَّدوا"]·ben["এবং-দূত-সেজে-গেল"]·DE["und-disguised-sich-selbst"]·EN["and-disguised-themselves"]·FR["et-disguised-eux-mêmes"]·heb["ו-הצטיירו"]·HI["और-रसद-बनाया"]·ID["dan-menyamar"]·IT["e-disguised-se-stessi"]·jav["lan-pura-pura-dados-utusan"]·KO["그리고-사절단으로-꼼밋다"]·PT["e-fizeram-se-embaixadores"]·RU["и-представились-послами"]·ES["y-se-hicieron-pasar-por-embajadores"]·SW["na-wakajifanya-wajumbe"]·TR["ve-hazırlandılar"]·urd["اور-بہروپ-بنے"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H3978 1. food, nourishment (30×)H1314 1. spice / perfume / balsam (29×)H7416 1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) (28×)H3323 1. fresh oil, olive oil (23×)H2964 1. prey, torn flesh (19×)H3899 2. food, sustenance (19×)G1033 1. food (17×)G5160 1. food (16×)H5561 1. spices, aromatic substances (16×)H0402 1. food, nourishment (14×)G2219 1. leaven (13×)H4478a 1. manna (13×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [צִיד] vb.denom. Hithp. supply oneself with provisions, take as one’s provision;—Pf. 1 pl. הִצְטַיַּדְנוּ Jos 9:12 this bread we took as our provision; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑דוּ v 4 (so read for MT וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ, Codd Vrss Thes al.), abs.