Midvash

צֶלַעtselaʻ

limping, stumbling, figurative of calamity (Psalms 38:18; Psalms 35:15; Jeremiah 20:10; Job 18:12)

Pronunciation: tseh'-lah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6761

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Job 18:12 Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
  • Psalms 35:15 But they are glad now that I am in trouble; they gleefully join together against me. I am attacked by people I don’t even know; they slander me constantly.
  • Psalms 38:17 I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain.
  • Jeremiah 20:10 I have heard the many rumors about me. They call me “The Man Who Lives in Terror.” They threaten, “If you say anything, we will report it.” Even my old friends are watching me, waiting for a fatal slip. “He will trap himself,” they say, “and then we will get our revenge on him.”

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).