tsalal · tingle

What it means

tsalal (צָלַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “tingle”.

Ring: the sound left in the ears on hearing something that makes one shudder; also quiver (of lips).

How to say it

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. For the ears to ring; for the lips to shake.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• will tingle ×3
• quivered ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Habakkuk×1

• 1 Samuel 3:11

  And YHWH said to Samuel, “Look, I am doing a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

• 2 Kings 21:12

  therefore thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘Look, I am bringing evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, such that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.

• Jeremiah 19:3

  and say, ‘Hear the word of YHWH, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Thus says YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of Israel: Look, I am bringing evil on this place such that everyone who hears of it, his ears will tingle,

• Habakkuk 3:16

  I heard, and my inward parts trembled; at the sound my lips quivered; rot enters into my bones, and beneath me I tremble, that I may rest on the day of distress, when the one who attacks it comes up against the people.