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צָלַל

«צָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: be dark — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 6751 · BDB: צָלַל³

Glosses

[which].gave.shade (1); they.became.shady (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

be dark tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be grow dark tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be or grow dark (cf. Arabic ظَلَّ be black, ظِلٌّ shade; Ethiopic ጸlለለ be dark; Assyrian ṣillu, shade, ṣalâlu, Pi. roof over, so Sab. טֿלל [ii.], טלת ceiling, roof, HomChrest. 125, cf. Palm. תטלילא; Old Aramaic טלל overshadow, Aramaic טְלָלָא, ܛܶܠܳܠܴܐ shadow);— Pf. 3 pl. צָֽלְלוּ שַׁעֲרֵי יְר׳ Ne 13:19 the gates of Jerusalem grew dark, i.e. evening came on. Pt. חֹרֶשׁ מֵצַל Ez 31:3 a shadowing wood (but del. 𝔊 Co Toy Krae).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «צָלַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezekiel 31:3

הִנֵּ֨ה אַשּׁ֜וּר אֶ֣רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן יְפֵ֥ה עָנָ֛ף וְחֹ֥רֶשׁ מֵצַ֖ל וּגְבַ֣הּ קוֹמָ֑ה וּבֵ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים הָיְתָ֖ה צַמַּרְתּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: there! Assyria [was].a.cedar in (the) Lebanon beautiful of.branch[es] and a.forest [which].gave.shade and tall of.height and between branches it.was treetop its

JPS 1917: Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

Nehemiah 13:19

וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַדְּלָת֔וֹת וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י הֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא־יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּי֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃

Word for word: and it.was when they.became.shady the.gates of.Jerusalem before the sabbath and I said and they.were.closed the doors and I said (cmp) not people will.open.them until after the sabbath and some of my.servants I.stationed at the gates not it.will.come a.load on the.day of the.sabbath

JPS 1917: And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath; and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

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