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title: צָלַל — tingle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלַל (6750), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: tingle. BDB 1906: vb. tingle, quiver. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלַל

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«צָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tingle** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6750 · **BDB:** צָלַל

### Glosses

they.will.tingle (3); they.quivered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tingle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6750/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. tingle, quiver [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6750/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tingle, quiver (NH צִלְצֵל whirr; Arabic صَلَّ, صَلْصَلَ; 𝔗 צְלַל; Syriac ܨܰܠ );— Pf. 3 pl. צָֽלְלוּ Hb 3:16; Impf. 3 fpl. תְּצִלֶּינָה 1 S 3:11, תִּצַּלְנָה (Ges§ 67g) 2 K 21:12; Je 19:3;—tingle, of ears, at horrid sound 1 S 3:11; 2 K 21:12; Je 19:3 (all of dreadful news); of lips, quiver in terror Hb 3:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 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/1510/6750/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.3.11/)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הִנֵּ֧ה אָנֹכִ֛י עֹשֶׂ֥ה דָבָ֖ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְע֔וֹ תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Samuel here! I \[am\].about.to.do a.thing in Israel which every \[one who\].hears.it they.will.tingle the.two ears his

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said to Samuel: 'Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

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[2 Kings 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.12/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Yahweh the.God of.Israel here I \[am\].about.to.bring calamity on Jerusalem and Judah which every \[one who\].hears.of.it they.will.tingle the.two ears his

*JPS 1917:* therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

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