צִלְצָל
tsil.tsalbuzzingHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine6 occurrences5 books5 verses
Definition
from H6750 reduplicated; a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling),a cymbal (as clanging)
Traditional renderings: cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.
Traditional renderings: cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders צִלְצָל:
- πλοῖονploion“boat”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Deuteronomy 28:42הַצְּלָצַֽל׃ · Swarms of locustsSwarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
- 2 Samuel 6:5וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים׃ · and cymbalsDavid and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- Job 41:7וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל · spearsCan you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
- Psalm 150:5בְצִלְצְלֵי־ · cymbals; בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י · cymbalsPraise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
- Isaiah 18:1צִלְצַ֣ל · of whirringWoe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,