Ts D K

is Hebrew for

Righteousness

Ts’dakah

Tsedek

is a masculine noun meaning:

righteousness

Righteousness – Tzedaqah or tsedaqah

Ts D K (without the vowels)

צדק

There are many scriptures that speak of righteousness and because of language differences and translations we sometimes miss the Hebraic meaning of a word and instead attach our western mindset to a word, phrase or scripture.

(Mindsets covered in previous posts).

One of the well known scriptures is in Ephesians 6:

the breastplate of righteousness

but what does righteousness really mean?

Strong’s Hebrew: 6664. צֶ֫דֶק (tsedeq) — rightness

צדק.

Righteousness, Fairness, Justice. Integrity

Righteousness, in human standards, is defined as:

the quality of being morally true or justifiable.

It can be considered synonymous with

rightness or being upright.

Righteousness: conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Another definition of Righteous is:

acting in accord with divine or moral law: free from guilt or sin.

In Hebrew it is from

tsadaq: the right (natural, moral or legal);

also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity.

Righteousness: Tzedaqah or tsedaqah.

Below is a quick look at the ancient Hebrew meaning:

The original pictographs give us a picture of

צֶדֶק:

צֶ Tzade = Fishhook,

Hunt, Chase, Catch, Desire, Trail, Journey, a man on his Side.

דֶ Dalet = Door, Entrance, Gate, Pathway of Life, Hang, to Move in and out.

ק Qoof = Back of Head, Follow, Behind, Last, Least, Horizon.

With these meanings it could be read as:

Hunting for the Door by Following the Least.

Tzade, is the 18th letter of the Hebrew Aleph-bet.

It is pronounced like the Tz sound in Tsunami, and Pizza.

The letter looks like a

Hook dragging a fish on a path through the water,

and the shape creates a visual description of how it feels to be Hooked by Desire:

This word Tzedeq, contains 3 sub-roots.

צַד Tzd, = Side,

צוּד Tzud = to Hunt, and

דַּק Daq = small, as in finely ground, or threshed.

The letter Tzade and the meaning of the word Daq

placed together form a picture of the need for our

Desire to be made Least,

or figuratively Threshed.

Like the chaff that is separated from the grain at harvest, in the winnowing/sifting process.

(See previous posts below for more on threshing/winnowing)

https://www.minimannamoments.com/why-a-threshing-floor/

https://www.minimannamoments.com/what-did-yohanan-say-was-in-his-cousins-hand/

In the Hebrew language the meaning of

Righteousness צֶדֶק Tzedeq,

Is also paralleled with

Evenness מֵישָׁר Meshar.

This is a word, a noun, derived from the 3 letter verb root

יָשַׁר Yashar,

meaning

Straight, or Equal:

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt.7:14

In Ps.98:9 the scripture says that:

before יְהוָֹה YHVH, for He comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with Righteousness צֶדֶק Tzedeq

and the peoples with Equity מֵישָׁר Meshar.

A

צַדִיק Tzadiq

is a person who

does what is Right.

“Blessed are those who

hunger and Thirst for Righteousness,

for they will be filled,” Matthew 5:6

The Hebrew word for Thirst is:

צָמָא Tzama.

It is a word picture of a person

Tzade צָ = Hooked by their cravings/lust/desire,

for

Mem. מ = Water,

Aleph. א. = Strongly.

To a truly thirsty person water really is a serious matter,

that of life and death.

Likewise, צְדָקָה, Tzedaqah, the Righteous person

Desires the Water of Life:

“…I Am the Aleph and the Tav, the Beginning and the End.

To the Thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the Water of Life.”

Revelation 21:6; 22:17; John 4:10; Isaiah 55:1

Torah defines Righteousness

“In the Way of Righteousness צְדָקָה Tzedaqah is Life, in its Path there is no Death,” Proverbs 12:28

There is only one way to enter the Dalet/Door, or Pathway of Life, and that is by doing what Yehoveh/YHVH has shown us is Right.

That is Yeshua/Jesus

John 10:9. I am the Dalet/the Door of the sheep.

Jesus answered,

“I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me,” John 14:6

YHVH, the Eternal, is our Righteousness, Jeremiah 23:6

Jesus Yeshua is our Righteousness, 1 Corinthians 1:30; Romans 3:22

Keeping His commandments

sets us free from our selfish desires,

Deuteronomy 6:25; Romans 10:3

The robe of righteousness

Blessed are those who Wash their Robes, (these are those who are faithful to the Covenant ) so that they may have the right to the Tree of Life and may enter the city by its Gates. Revelation 22:14; Revelation 2:7; Exodus 19:10; Psalm 118:20

The core of Torah in spirit and heart is: Doing Right.

Yeshua/Jesus summed this up in Matthew 7:12

In everything, then, Do to others as you would have them Do to you. For this is the Essence of the Law and the Prophets,

“Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. Beloved, I am Not writing you a new Commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning.“ 1 John 2:6.

Strong’s Hebrew: 6662. צַדִּיק (tsaddiq) — just, righteous

KJV: the LORD [is] righteous, and I and my people

Yhvh Tsidqenu: the LORD is our righteousness,

יְהוָֹה צִדְקֵנוּ

ye-ho-vaw’ tsid-kay’-noo

the LORD is our righteousness

The word Tsidkenu,

is the Hebrew word used for righteousness in

The Lord Our Righteousness ,

means: upright, straight, and narrow.

The righteousness of God is the root of all integrity. It is the definition of all that is genuinely good in this life.

in Hebrew: Jehovah tsidkenu or Yahweh tsidqenu

Jer. 23:6; 33:16

But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. Matthew 3:13

John’s baptism also symbolized preparation for the coming kingdom of heaven.

To fulfill all righteousness

is to

submit yourself to life in God.

In Hebrew fulfill is

and in Greek word for fulfill is pleroo which means:

to fulfill or to complete.

In Luke 1:17 Yeshua/Jesus was identifying Himself with John’s ministry as the forerunner for the coming Messiah and

he fills to the full the right

requirement of YHVH/Yehoveh in the Tanakh.

The word righteous

is a translation of the Hebrew verb

צדק

Ts.D.Q,

Strong’s #6663,

which means

to walk a straight line.

From this root comes the noun

צדיק

tsadiyq,

Strong’s #6662

which means

a straight line.

This can literally mean a straight line,

or figuratively what is right;

which is where we get the words

right and righteous.

As discussed earlier, Torah is:

a way of life

or

a WAY of WALKing.

Jesus/Yeshua is the living Torah

The Torah IS a straight line

and teaches God’s children

how to WALK a straight line.

Therefore,

Torah is the straight line

by which his children are to walk.

The word translated walk is halakhah in Hebrew.

Israel had to walk “in the way.“

And as spiritual Israel we are to do also.

“I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou wholehearted.”

Genesis 17:1, JPS

The word “halakhah” is usually translated as “Jewish Law,”

although a more literal (and more appropriate) translation might be

“the path that one walks.”

The word is derived from the Hebrew root Hei-Lamed- Kaf,

meaning to go, to walk or to travel.

הלך hâlak

Strong’s Hebrew: 1980. הָלַך (halak) — to go, come, walk

A tsadiyq is also

one who walks a straight line

or

a righteous one.

Those who follow the

righteous Torah

are considered

righteous, a tsadiyq.

And if we are careful to obey all this Torah before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness (tsadiyq). (Deuteronomy 6:25)

You will again see the distinction between the righteous (tsadiyq) and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. (Malachi 3:18)

The New Covenant also teaches that righteousness comes from obedience to the Torah.

For it is not those who hear the Torah who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the Torah who will be declared righteous. (Romans 2:13)

Hebrews 8:12 I will show loving kindness to them and I shall forgive their unrighteousness. And I shall no longer remember their sins.

¹²I will show loving-kindness to them and forgive their sins. I will remember their sins no more.”

Strong’s Hebrew: 2617a. chesed — goodness, kindness

from chasad.

This word is variously translated as

mercy, lovingkindess,

steadfast love, compassion,

and even

goodness,

is the Hebrew word

chesed, or hesed.

The LXX usually uses ελεος – mercy,

and the Latin uses misericordia.

In academia, the Septuagint

is often abbreviated as LXX,

the Roman numeral for seventy.