צָלָהtsâlâh

roast flesh

Pronunciation: tsaw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6740

Meanings

Qal: he roasteth a roast, to roast. (Isaiah 44:16; Isaiah 44:19; 1 Samuel 2:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 2:15 Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal’s fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.
  • Isaiah 44:16 He burns part of the tree to roast his meat and to keep himself warm. He says, “Ah, that fire feels good.”
  • Isaiah 44:19 The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).