Zedek or Tzedek, West Semitic for "Justice", was probably the name of the chief god of the Jebusites, and possibly of other Canaanite people. The West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub-grouping of Semitic languages. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Jebusites ( were a Canaanite tribe who inhabited the region around Jerusalem prior to its capture by King David He is mentioned in the Tanakh and in other Middle Eastern writings in conjunction with such Jebusite names as Melchizedek ("My king is Zedek") and Adonizedek (My Lord is Zedek). See also Old testament, Septuagint, Targum, Peshitta The Tanakh (תַּנַ"ךְ (taˈnax or; also Tenakh or Tenak is Melchizedek is an enigmatic figure twice mentioned in the Hebrew Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Zedek has been associated with the planet Jupiter at least since the Talmudic era. The Talmud ( Hebrew: he תַּלְמוּד is a record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history Jupiter is called by that name in Hebrew astronomy, while the malakh of the planet is often named Zedekiel. Hebrew astronomy refers to any Astronomy written in Hebrew or by Hebrew speakers or translated into Hebrew See Aradan for Malach the character from JRR Tolkien 's Middle-earth universe Zadkiel or Hesediel ( Heb צדקיאל Tzadqiel, "Righteousness of God" is the Archangel of freedom,
Zedek, as worshipped by the Jebusites, may have been identical with El (אל). Eli (Hebrew אל is the Northwest Semitic word and name either translated into English as "god" or "God" or left untranslated as Eli, depending In such a case Zedek would likely just be a prominent epithet. An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton, neut of ἐπίθετος - epithetos, "attributed added" is a
There is some speculation that Zadok, the priest, may be a humanisation of Zedek rather than a historical figure. Zadok ( Hebrew: צדוק Tzadok meaning "Righteous" was an Israelite High Priest in the tenth century BC
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