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title: זָלַל — shake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָלַל (lemma:זָלַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shake. BDB 1906: vb. shake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָלַל

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«זָלַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shake** — 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:** lemma:זָלַל · **BDB:** זָלַל

### Glosses

they.shook (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shake (Arabic زَلَّ slip, زَلْزَلَ agitate, shake; تَزَلْزَلَ be agitated, quake, especially of earth-quake)— Pf. נָזֹ֫לּוּ shake, quake Is 63:19 of mts. at י׳’s presence (Ges De Che Di Du; 𝔊 𝔙 as if from נזל flow down); so 64:2 (but here prob. not original Che Di Du); read נָזֹלּוּ likewise Ju 5:5 (𝔊 Thes Stu Be Bla MV SS; MT נָֽזְלוּ, from נזל).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 64:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.64.2/)

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בַּעֲשׂוֹתְךָ֥ נוֹרָא֖וֹת לֹ֣א נְקַוֶּ֑ה יָרַ֕דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃

*Word for word:* when did you awesome.\[deeds\] \[which\].not we.were.waiting.for you.came.down from before you mountains they.shook

*JPS 1917:* When Thou didst tremendous things which we looked not for — Oh that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence! —

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[Isaiah 63:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.63.19/)

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הָיִ֗ינוּ מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ לֹֽא־מָשַׁ֣לְתָּ בָּ֔ם לֹֽא־נִקְרָ֥א שִׁמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑םלוּא־קָרַ֤עְתָּ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ יָרַ֔דְתָּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ הָרִ֥ים נָזֹֽלּוּ׃

*Word for word:* we.have.been from long.ago \[those.whom\].not you.ruled over them \[those.whom\].not it.was.called name your on them if you.tore \[the\].heavens you.came.down from before you mountains they.shook

*JPS 1917:* We are become as they over whom Thou never borest rule, as they that were not called by Thy name. Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence,

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