צֵלֶלtsêlel
Pronunciation: tsay'-lel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6752
Meanings
1. shadow (2 Kings 20:9; 2 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 20:11)
2. shadow, shade (Judges 9:15; Hosea 4:13; Job 40:22)
3. shadow (Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Psalms 144:4)
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).