צְלָצַל
tselatsal · buzzing insect, whirring
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6767 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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tselatsal (צְלָצַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “buzzing insect, whirring”.
An insect that whirs and destroys crops; which one is not known for certain. The same word names a whirring sound, and also a spear and cymbals.
How to say it
tse·la·tsal
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
- A buzzing creature that destroys the crop.
- Whirring of wings.
- A pointed spear for catching large sea creatures.
- Metal plates that ring when struck together.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- cymbals ×3
- cricket ×1
- harpoon ×1
- whirring ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 28:42
All your trees and the fruit of your ground the cricket will take possession of.
- 2 Samuel 6:5
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before YHWH with all kinds of instruments of cypress wood, with lyres, with harps, with tambourines, with sistrums, and with cymbals.
- Job 41:7
Can you fill its skin with darts, or its head with a harpoon for fish?
- Psalms 150:5
Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with cymbals of acclamation.
- Isaiah 18:1
Woe, land of whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush,
And 1 more times.