Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6752
צֵלֶל
tseleltsay'-lel
shadow
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsêlel
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6752is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6752
shade
The King James renders it: shadow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tselel is rendered "shadow". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Song of Solomon, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 40:22The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
Job 40:22צִֽלֲל֑וֹ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Song of Solomon.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the shadows2
- shade its1
- shadows of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַצְּלָלִ֑ים2
- צִֽלֲל֑וֹ1
- צִלְלֵי־1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2HTd/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmpc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Job
one use
The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
- צִֽלֲל֑וֹtzilalonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: shade its
Song of Solomon
two uses
Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- הַצְּלָלִ֑יםhatzelalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the shadows
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- הַצְּלָלִ֑יםhatzelalimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the shadows
Jeremiah
one use
‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
- צִלְלֵי־tzilei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: shadows of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.