צְלָצַלtsᵉlâtsal

צִלְצָל: whirring, buzzing (Isaiah 18:1)

Pronunciation: tsel-aw-tsal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6767

Meanings

צִלְצָל: spear, (from whizzing) (Job 40:31)

צְלָצַ֑ל: a whirring locust (Deuteronomy 28:42)

צֶלְצְלִים: cymbals, musical instrument of percussion (2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Psalms 150:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:42 Swarms of insects will destroy your trees and crops.
  • 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
  • Job 41:7 Will its hide be hurt by spears or its head by a harpoon?
  • Psalms 150:5 Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
  • Isaiah 18:1 Listen, Ethiopia—land of fluttering sails that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,
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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).