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title: צָלָה — roast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלָה (6740), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: roast. BDB 1906: vb. roast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלָה

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«צָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **roast** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6740 · **BDB:** צָלָה

### Glosses

I.roasted (1); he.roasts (1); roast (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

roast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6740/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. roast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6740/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. roast flesh (NH id.; so Arabic صَلَا (ى), Ethiopic ጸለወ: );— Impf. 3 ms. יִצְלֶה צָלִי Is 44:16 he roasteth a roast; 1 s. אֶצְלֶה בָשָׂר v 19; Inf. cstr. לִצְלוֹת 1 S 2:15 give flesh (בָּשָׂר) to roast.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6740/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 44:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.16/)

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חֶצְיוֹ֙ שָׂרַ֣ף בְּמוֹ־אֵ֔שׁ עַל־חֶצְיוֹ֙ בָּשָׂ֣ר יֹאכֵ֔ל יִצְלֶ֥ה צָלִ֖י וְיִשְׂבָּ֑ע אַף־יָחֹם֙ וְיֹאמַ֣ר הֶאָ֔ח חַמּוֹתִ֖י רָאִ֥יתִי אֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* of.it half he.burns in a.fire over of.it half meat he.eats he.roasts roasted.meat and he.is.satisfied also he.is.warm and he.says aha! I.am.warm I.see a.fire

*JPS 1917:* He burneth the half thereof in the fire; with the half thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith: 'Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire';

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[1 Samuel 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.15/)

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גַּם֮ בְּטֶרֶם֮ יַקְטִר֣וּן אֶת־הַחֵלֶב֒ וּבָ֣א ׀ נַ֣עַר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְאָמַר֙ לָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֹּבֵ֔חַ תְּנָ֣ה בָשָׂ֔ר לִצְל֖וֹת לַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְלֹֽא־יִקַּ֧ח מִמְּךָ֛ בָּשָׂ֥ר מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל כִּ֥י אִם־חָֽי׃

*Word for word:* also before they made.smoke (et) the fat and he.came the.servant of the.priest and he.said to the person \[who was\].sacrificing give meat to roast to the priest and not he.will.accept from you meat boiled (dm) (if) raw

*JPS 1917:* Yea, before the fat was made to smoke, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed: 'Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.'

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