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title: צְלָצַל — whirring locust · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צְלָצַל (6767), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: whirring locust. BDB 1906: n.m. whirring locust. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְלָצַל

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«צְלָצַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whirring locust** — 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:** 6767 · **BDB:** צְלָצַ֑ל

### Glosses

locust\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whirring locust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6767/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. whirring locust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6767/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a whirring locust (cf. Assyrian ṣarṣaru, Arabic صَرْصَرٌ, Syriac ܨܺܝܨܪܳܐ, ܨܰܪܨܽܘܪܳܐ; LagGes Abh. 145, N. 9);—Dt 28:42 (devouring; not identif.; TrNHB 313).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְלָצַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6767/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.42/)

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כָּל־עֵצְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ יְיָרֵ֖שׁ הַצְּלָצַֽל׃

*Word for word:* every tree your and the.fruit your.ground your it.will.take.possession.of the locust\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.

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