Word Study · Strong's H6767 · Hebrew

צְלָצַל

tselatsal

tsel-aw-tsal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsᵉlâtsal

“a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)

Rendered in the KJV as

cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י1
בְצִלְצְלֵי־1
הַצְּלָצַֽל׃1
וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל1
וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים׃1
צִלְצַ֣ל1

How it is rendered · 5

with cymbals of2
and on cymbals1
and with a spear of1
the locust[s]1
whirring of1

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

How it parses · 5

preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural1
conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Ncmpc · 2
HC/R/Ncmpa · 1
HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
HNcmsc · 1
HTd/Ncmsa · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms2 of 6 · 33%
Deuteronomy1 of 6 · 17%
2 Samuel1 of 6 · 17%
Job1 of 6 · 17%
Isaiah1 of 6 · 17%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 28:42הַצְּלָצַֽל׃hatzelatzalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSwarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.here: the locust[s]

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 6:5וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים׃uvetzeltzelimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluralDavid and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.here: and on cymbals

Job1 occurrence

Job 41:7וּבְצִלְצַ֖לuvetziltzalconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?here: and with a spear of

Psalms2 occurrences

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 18:1צִלְצַ֣לtziltzalnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,here: whirring of

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