Word Study · Strong's H6762 · Hebrew

צֶלַע

Tsela

tseh'-lah

Strong's 1890 spelling: Tselaʻ

“Tsela, a place in Palestine”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Tsela, a place in Palestine

Rendered in the KJV as

Zelah.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בְּצֵלָ֗ע1
וְצֵלַ֡ע1

How it is rendered · 2

and Zelah1
at Zela1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
preposition + proper noun (a name)1

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HC/Npl · 1
HR/Npl · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua1 of 2 · 50%
2 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%

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Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 18:28וְצֵלַ֡עvetzela'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.here: and Zelah

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 21:14בְּצֵלָ֗עbetzela'preposition + proper noun (a name)And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.here: at Zela

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled צֶלַע

H6761 · 4×

צֶלַע

tsela

“a limping or full (figuratively)”

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