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title: צֶלֶק — Zelek · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צֶלֶק (6768), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Zelek. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צֶלֶק

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«צֶלֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zelek** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6768 · **BDB:** צֶ֫לֶק

### Glosses

Zelek (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zelek [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6768/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6768/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Ammonite hero of David 2 S 23:37 = 1 Ch 11:39, Ελειε, Σελ(λ)η(κ), Σαλααδ, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צֶלֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6768/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.37/)

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צֶ֖לֶק הָעַמֹּנִ֑יס נַחְרַי֙ הַבְּאֵ֣רֹתִ֔י נֹשֵׂ֕א כְּלֵ֖י יוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן־צְרֻיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the.bearer of.the.armor(s) of.Joab the.son of.Zeruiah

*JPS 1917:* Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

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[1 Chronicles 11:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.39/)

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צֶ֖לֶק הָעַמּוֹנִ֑י נַחְרַי֙ הַבֵּ֣רֹתִ֔י נֹשֵׂ֕א כְּלֵ֖י יוֹאָ֥ב בֶּן־צְרוּיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the.bearer of.the.armor(s) of.Joab the.son of.Zeruiah

*JPS 1917:* Zelek the Ammonite, Nahrai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah;

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