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title: צָלַל — sink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלַל (6749), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sink. BDB 1906: vb. sink, be submerged. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלַל

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«צָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sink** — 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:** 6749 · **BDB:** צָלַל²

### Glosses

they.sank (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6749/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sink, be submerged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6749/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sink, be submerged (NH id.; Assyrian ṣalâlu, sink down, sink to rest, ii. launch (HptProl. Assyr. Gr. liii; BAS i. 127; Ball, Gen. 53); Ethiopic ጸለለ float, cf. NesMar. x: Aramaic צְלַל, ܨܰܠ, are filter, clarify);— Pf. 3 pl. צָֽלְלוּ כַּעוֹפֶרֶת בְּמַיִם Ex 15:10.

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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 (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6749/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 15:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.10/)

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נָשַׁ֥פְתָּ בְרוּחֲךָ֖ כִּסָּ֣מוֹ יָ֑ם צָֽלֲלוּ֙ כַּֽעוֹפֶ֔רֶת בְּמַ֖יִם אַדִּירִֽים׃

*Word for word:* you.blew with breath your it covered.them \[the\].sea they.sank like (the) lead in.\[the\] waters mighty

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

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