HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6657
צְדָד
tse.dad — Zedad
§ Zedad = "mountain side" one of the landmarks on the northern border of Israel as promised by Moses and restated by Ezekiel
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Zedad
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Side; sloping place, a town in the north of Palestine, near Hamath (Num. 34:8; Ezek. 47:15). It has been identified with the ruins of Sudud, between Emesa (Hums) and Baalbec, but that is uncertain.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.