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STRONGS NUMBER H6767
Transliteration: tslatsal
Phonetic Spelling: (tsel-aw-tsal')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: whirring, buzzing
Meaning: a clatter, whirring, a cricket, a harpoon, a cymbal
Word Summary
tslatsal: whirring, buzzing
Original Word: צְלָצַלTransliteration: tslatsal
Phonetic Spelling: (tsel-aw-tsal')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: whirring, buzzing
Meaning: a clatter, whirring, a cricket, a harpoon, a cymbal
Strong's Concordance
cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear From tsalal reduplicated; a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging) -- cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.
see HEBREW tsalal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6767. tslatsal
I. [צִלְצָל] noun [masculine] whirring, buzzing; — construct כְּנָפָ֑יִם צִלְצַל אֶרֶץ Isaiah 18:1 land of buzzing of (insects ') wings (so probably; other views see in Di).
II. [צִלְצָל] noun [masculine] spear (from whizzing); — construct דָּגִים צִלְצַל Job 40:31 fish-spear, harpoon.
צְלָצַ֑ל noun masculine a whirring locust (compare Assyrian ƒarƒaru, Arabic , Syriac , ; Lag Ges. Abh. 145, N. 9); — Deuteronomy 28:42 (devouring; not identified; TrNHB 313).
צֶלְצְלִים noun masculine plural musical instrument of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound; Late Hebrew צֶלְצַל, Aramaic צֶלְצְלִין, ); — ׳צ 2 Samuel 6:5 (+ מְנַעַנְעִים, q. v.; "" 1 Chronicles 13:8 מְצִלְתַּיִם); construct צִלְצְלֵישָֿׁ֑מַע Psalm 150:5, ׳צ תְּרוּעָה 150:5; &m;d compare NowArchaeology i. 272 f., 272 f. BenzArchaeology 277 WePsalms Eng. Tr. 232.