Word Study · Strong's H6751 · Hebrew

צָלַל

tsalal

tsaw-lal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâlal

“to shade, as twilight or an opaque object”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to shade, as twilight or an opaque object

Rendered in the KJV as

begin to be dark, shadowing.

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

מֵצַ֖ל1
צָֽלֲלוּ֩1

How it is rendered · 2

giving shade1
they became dark1

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

How it parses · 2

verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1

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HVhrmsa · 1
HVqp3cp · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Nehemiah1 of 2 · 50%
Ezekiel1 of 2 · 50%

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Nehemiah1 occurrence

Nehemiah 13:19צָֽלֲלוּ֩tzalaluverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWhen the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.here: they became dark

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 31:3מֵצַ֖לmetzalverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularLook at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.here: giving shade

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled צָלַל

H6749 · 1×

צָלַל

tsalal

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

H6750 · 4×

צָלַל

tsalal

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

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