Contr. From an unused root meaning to sidle off; a side; figuratively, an adversary -- (be-)side.
H6654. tsad
צַד noun masculineExodus 25:32 side; — צַד absolute Ezekiel 34:21; Isaiah 60:4, construct 2 Samuel 2:16 +; suffix צִדָּהּ Genesis 6:16 +, etc; for צִדָּה 1 Samuel 20:20 read צַ֫דָּה (or צִדֹּה; compare Dr, > צִ֫דָּה); plural צִדִּים Judges 2:3, read probably צִדֵּידֶם as Numbers 33:55; Joshua 23:13; construct צִדֵּי Exodus 26:13, etc.; — side, of man 2 Samuel 2:16; Numbers 33:55 (H) Joshua 23:13 (D), Judges 2:3 (probably read context as Numbers 33:55 GFM; DlPr 75 compare Assyrian ƒaddu, snare, trap); of one lying Ezekiel 4:4, 6, 9, אֶלצִֿדֶּ֑ךָ מִצִּדְּךָ 4:8 turn from side to side; children carried ׳עַלצֿ (i.e. probably on hip) Isaiah 60:4; 66:12; of cattle Ezekiel 34:12 (in figurative); of things 1 Samuel 20:20 (compare Dr), Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:32 (3 t. in verse) = 37:18 (3 t. in verse), 26:13; 30:4 = 37:27, Deuteronomy 31:26 (all P); מִצַּד at the side of, with Genitive person 1 Samuel 20:25; Ruth 2:14, so מִצִּדְּךָ Psalm 91:7; with Genitive of location Joshua 3:16; 12:9, הָהָר מִצַּד 2 Samuel 13:34; מִוֶּה הָהָר מִצַּד 1 Samuel 23:26 bis on this side of the hill and on that side; with suffix of thing מִצִּדּוֺ 6:8.