צִלְּתַיTsillᵉthay
Tsillethai, the name of two Israelites
Pronunciation: tsil-leth-ah'-ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6769
Meanings
1. Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:20)
2. Manassite (1 Chronicles 12:21; 1 Chronicles 12:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 8:20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
- 1 Chronicles 12:20 Here is a list of the men from Manasseh who defected to David as he was returning to Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each commanded 1,000 troops from the tribe of Manasseh.
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).