צַלַּחַת

tsalachat · dish

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6747 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

tsalachat (צַלַּחַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dish”.

A deep dish or bowl for food (2 Kings 21:13; Proverbs 19:24). In 2 Kings 21:13 it is an image of Jerusalem: like a dish that is wiped and turned upside down.

How to say it

tsa·la·chat

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

  1. A deep serving bowl.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 2 Kings 21:13

    I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes the dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

  • Proverbs 19:24

    The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  • Proverbs 26:15

    The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too weary to bring it back to his mouth.