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title: צֵלַע — Zelah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֵלַע (6762), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Zelah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֵלַע

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«צֵלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zelah** — 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:** 6762 · **BDB:** צֵלַע

### Glosses

Zela (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zelah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6762/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6762/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Benj. Jos 18:28, A 𝔊L Σελα\[(ε)λαφ\]; burial-place of Saul 2 S 21:14 (צֵלָׄע), ἐν τῇ πλευρᾷ; poss. = TelAm. Zilu, so ZimZA vi. 258 JastrJBL xi (1892), 105 (Wkl, however, thinks of סלע).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֵלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6762/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.14/)

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וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֶת־עַצְמוֹת־שָׁא֣וּל וִיהוֹנָֽתָן־בְּ֠נוֹ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֜ן בְּצֵלָ֗ע בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ קִ֣ישׁ אָבִ֔יו וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּעָתֵ֧ר אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָאָ֖רֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.buried (et) the.bones of.Saul and Jonathan son his in the.land of.Benjamin at Zela in the.tomb of.Kish father his and they.did all that he.commanded the king and he.was.entreated God for the land after thus

*JPS 1917:* And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

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