צֵלֶלtsêlel

shadow

Pronunciation: tsay'-lel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6752

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Job 40:22 The lotus plants give it shade among the willows beside the stream.
  • Song of Solomon 2:17 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
  • Song of Solomon 4:6 Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
  • Jeremiah 6:4 They shout, ‘Prepare for battle! Attack at noon!’ ‘No, it’s too late; the day is fading, and the evening shadows are falling.’

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).