צֵלֶל
tselel · shade
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6752 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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tselel (צֵלֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “shade”.
How to say it
tse·lel
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
- The dark area a body leaves when it blocks the light, especially at evening.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- shadows ×3
- shade ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 40:22
The lotus plants cover it for its shade; the willows of the stream surround it.
- Song of Songs 2:17
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a fawn on the mountains of Bether.
- Song of Songs 4:6
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- Jeremiah 6:4
“Consecrate war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.” “Woe to us, for the day is declining, for the shadows of evening are lengthening.”