- Original: צדה - Transliteration: Tsadah - Phonetic: tsaw-daw' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to lie in wait 2. to lay waste a. (Niphal) to be laid waste - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1877,1878 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to chase; by implication to desolate: - destroy hunt lie in wait. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • destroyed, 1 Zephaniah 3:6 • huntest, 1 1 Samuel 24:11 • wait, 1 Exodus 21:13