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title: צִלָּה — Zillah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִלָּה (6741), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Zillah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִלָּה

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«צִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zillah** — 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:** 6741 · **BDB:** צִלָּה

### Glosses

Zillah (2); \[was\].Zillah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zillah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6741/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6741/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. wife of Lam. Gn 4:19, 22, 23, Σελλα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6741/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.19/)

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וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֥וֹ לֶ֖מֶךְ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֑ים שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ עָדָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית צִלָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.took for himself Lamech two wives the.name of the.one \[was\].Adah and the.name of the.second \[was\].Zillah

*JPS 1917:* And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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[Genesis 4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.22/)

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וְצִלָּ֣ה גַם־הִ֗וא יָֽלְדָה֙ אֶת־תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן תּ֣וּבַל קַ֔יִן לֹטֵ֕שׁ כָּל־חֹרֵ֥שׁ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת וּבַרְזֶ֑ל וַֽאֲח֥וֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַ֖יִןתּֽוּבַל־קַ֖יִן נַֽעֲמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Zillah also she she.bore (et) Tubal-Cain Tubal-Cain a.sharpener of.every worker of.bronze and iron and.\[was\] the.sister of Tubal-Cain Naamah

*JPS 1917:* And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

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