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title: מְצִלָּה — bell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְצִלָּה (4698), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bell. BDB 1906: n.f. bell. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְצִלָּה

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«מְצִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bell** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4698 · **BDB:** מְצִלָּה²

### Glosses

the.bells (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4698/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4698/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. bell (from tinkling);—pl. cstr. מְצִלּוֹת הַסּוּס Zc 14:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְצִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4698/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.14.20/)

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בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִֽהְיֶה֙ עַל־מְצִלּ֣וֹת הַסּ֔וּס קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֑ה וְהָיָ֤ה הַסִּירוֹת֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה כַּמִּזְרָקִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֥י הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* on the day (the) that it.will.be on the.bells of the.horse\[s\] holiness to Yahweh and it.will.be the pots in the.house of.Yahweh \[will be\] like.the.bowls before the altar

*JPS 1917:* In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses: HOLY UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the basins before the altar.

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