STRONGS NUMBER H6738

H6738. tsel

צֵל‎ noun masculine^{Psalm 144:4} shadow; — ׳צ‎ absolute 2 Kings 20:9 +, construct Genesis 19:8 +; suffix צִלְךָ‎ Psalm 121:5, צִלּוֺ‎ Ezekiel 31:6 +, also צִלְלוֺ‎ Job 40:22, etc.; plural צְלָלִים‎ Song of Solomon 2:17; 4:6; construct צִלְלֵי‎ Jeremiah 6:4; —

1 shadow on dial 2 Kings 20:9-10, (twice in verse); 20:11 "" Isaiah 38:8; צִלְלֶיעָֿ֑רֶב‎ Jeremiah 6:4, compare Song of Solomon 2:17; 4:6; of mountain Judges 9:36.

2 shadow, shade, as protection (from sun): of branches, Judges 9:15 (in allegory), Hosea 4:13; Job 40:22; Jonah 4:5-6, and (in figurative) Hosea 14:8; Ezekiel 17:23; 31:6, 12, 17; Psalm 80:11; Song of Solomon 2:3 (of refreshment, delight); of rock Isaiah 32:2 (simile); ׳צ קֹרָתִי‎ Genesis 19:8 shadow of my roof; of cloud Isaiah 25:4 and (figurative of ׳י‎s protection) 4:6; 25:4, so probably 16:3; ׳צ כְּנָפֶיךָ‎ shadow of thy wings, figurative of ׳י‎'s protection Psalm 17:8; 36:8; 57:2; 63:8; shade, in General, Job 7:2, figurative of ׳י‎ Psalm 121:5; hence = protection, defence, of city (wall) Jeremiah 48:45; of ׳י‎ Numbers 14:9 (JE), Psalm 91:1 (see also proper name בְּצַלְאֵל‎), compare יָדוֺ צֵל‎ Isaiah 49:2 (covering prophet, under figure of sword), 51:16 (covering people); of human ally 30:2-3, of king Lamentations 4:20; also of wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12, money 7:12. — בְּצִלָּהּ‎ Isaiah 34:15 apparently reference to קִמּוֺז‎, but improbable; read perhaps בֵּצֶיהָ‎ her eggs Du Che^Hpt (Che^Heb Hpt transpose וְדָֽגְרָה וּבָֽקְעָה‎).

3 shadow as symbol of transitoriness of life Job 8:9; 14:2; Psalm 144:4 (עוֺבֵר כְּצֵל‎), Ecclesiastes 6:12; 8:13; נָטוּי כְּצֵל‎ of an individual Life near its end Psalm 102:12, So כִּנְטוֺתוֺ כְּצֵל‎ 109:23; in simile of emaciated members, כַּצֵּל וִיצֻרַי‎ Job 17:7.

צִלְלֵי צְלָלִים, צִלְלוֺ,‎ see צֶל‎. above