צָלָה
tsala · roast
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6740 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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tsala (צָלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “roast”.
Cook meat directly over the fire.
How to say it
tsa·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To cook meat right over the fire.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- roast ×2
- he roasts ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 2:15
Even before they offered up the fat in smoke, the priest’s young man would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give meat to roast for the priest; he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw.”
- Isaiah 44:16
Half of it he burns in the fire; over half of it he eats meat; he roasts a roast and is satisfied; also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the blaze!”
- Isaiah 44:19
And he does not bring it back to his heart, and there is no knowledge nor understanding to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire, and also I baked on its coals bread; I roast meat and eat; and the rest of it shall I make into an abomination? Before a block of wood shall I fall down?”