Word Study · Strong's H6750 · Hebrew

צָלַל

tsalal

tsaw-lal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâlal

“to tinkle, i.e. rattle together (as the ears in reddening with shame, or the teeth in chattering with fear)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to tinkle, i.e. rattle together (as the ears in reddening with shame, or the teeth in chattering with fear)

Rendered in the KJV as

quiver, tingle.

4
occurrencesin the Old Testament
4 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
4
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

צָלֲל֣וּ1
תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָה1
תִּצַּ֖לְנָה1
תִּצַּ֥לְנָה1

How it is rendered · 2

they will tingle3
they quivered1

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

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine plural3
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqi3fp · 3
HVqp3cp · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 4 · 25%
2 Kings1 of 4 · 25%
Jeremiah1 of 4 · 25%
Habakkuk1 of 4 · 25%

1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 3:11תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָהtetzileinahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralThen the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.here: they will tingle

2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 21:12תִּצַּ֖לְנָהtitzalnahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralthis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.here: they will tingle

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 19:3תִּצַּ֥לְנָהtitzalnahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralsaying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,here: they will tingle

Habakkuk1 occurrence

Habakkuk 3:16צָלֲל֣וּtzalaluverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralI heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.here: they quivered

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled צָלַל

H6751 · 2×

צָלַל

tsalal

“to shade, as twilight or an opaque object”

H6749 · 1×

צָלַל

tsalal

“properly, to tumble down, i.e. settle by awaving motion”

Read 1 Samuel 3:11 in context →