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title: צִלְצָל — whirring · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִלְצָל (lemma:צִלְצָל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: whirring. BDB 1906: whirring, buzzing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִלְצָל

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«צִלְצָל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whirring** — 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:** lemma:צִלְצָל · **BDB:** צִלְצָל

### Glosses

of.whirring (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whirring [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5dc_5b0_5e6_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

whirring, buzzing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5dc_5b0_5e6_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] whirring, buzzing;—cstr. אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Is 18:1 land of buzzing of (insects’) wings (so prob.; other views v. in Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִלְצָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5dc_5b0_5e6_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.18.1/)

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ה֥וֹי אֶ֖רֶץ צִלְצַ֣ל כְּנָפָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵעֵ֖בֶר לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! a.land of.whirring of.wings which \[is\].from.\[the\] other.side of the.rivers of.Cush

*JPS 1917:* Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

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