צָלַל
tsalal · grow dark, shade
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6751 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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tsalal (צָלַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “grow dark, shade”.
To be shaded, to grow dark as evening falls.
How to say it
tsa·lal
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 dim as evening comes.
- To shelter from the sun with its branches.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- giving shade ×1
- grew dark ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 13:19
It happened that when the gates of Jerusalem grew dark before the Sabbath, I spoke, and the doors were shut; and I said that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And some of my young men I stationed at the gates, so that no burden would enter on the day of the Sabbath.
- Ezekiel 31:3
Look, Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, beautiful of branches, and a thicket giving shade, and tall of stature, and among the thick foliage was its top.