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title: צָהַל — neigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָהַל (6670), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: neigh. BDB 1906: vb. neigh, cry shrilly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָהַל

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

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 6670 · **BDB:** צָהַל

### Glosses

cry.aloud (4); it.cried.aloud (1); they.neigh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

neigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6670/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. neigh, cry shrilly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6670/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. neigh, cry shrilly (Arabic صَهَلَ neigh, Syriac ܨܗܰܠ id.; 𝔗 Est 8:15 = BH);— Pf. 3 fs. צָֽהֲלָה Est 8:15; 3 pl. צָֽהֲלוּ Is 24:14; Impf. 3 mpl. יִצְהָ֑לוּ Je 5:8; 2 fs. תצהלי 50:11 Kt, Qr 2 mpl. תִּצְהֲלוּ and so Vrss; Imv. fs. צַהֲלִי Is 10:30 +; mpl. צַהֲלוּ Je 31:7;— neigh, of men under fig. of stallions; c. אֶל unto (in desire) Je 5:8, of profligate Judaeans; abs. 50:11 of arrogant Chaldeans. cry shrilly, in distress Is 10:30 (c. adv. acc. קוֹלֵךְ); usually joy, praise (‖ רָנַן) 12:6; 54:1, c. ב at, over, Je 31:7; Is 24:14; + שָׂמֵ֑חָה Est 8:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָהַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6670/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 10:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.30/)

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צַהֲלִ֥י קוֹלֵ֖ךְ בַּת־גַּלִּ֑ים הַקְשִׁ֥יבִי לַ֖יְשָׁה עֲנִיָּ֥ה עֲנָתֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* cry.aloud voice your O.daughter of.Gallim pay.attention O.Laishah O.afflicted.\[one\] Anathoth

*JPS 1917:* Cry thou with a shrill voice, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! O thou poor Anathoth!

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[Jeremiah 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.8/)

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סוּסִ֥ים מְיֻזָּנִ֖ים מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הָי֑וּ אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ יִצְהָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* horses well.fed lustful they.are everyone to the.wife his.neighbor his they.neigh

*JPS 1917:* They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.

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