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# צָהַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6670

**neigh** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

neigh [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6670/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָהַל: vb. neigh, cry shrilly [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6670/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. neigh, cry shrilly (Arabic صَهَلَ neigh, Syriac ܨܗܰܠ id.; 𝔗 Est 8:15 = BH);— Pf. 3 fs. צָֽהֲלָה Est 8:15; 3 pl. צָֽהֲלוּ Is 24:14; Impf. 3 mpl. יִצְהָ֑לוּ Je 5:8; 2 fs. תצהלי 50:11 Kt, Qr 2 mpl. תִּצְהֲלוּ and so Vrss; Imv. fs. צַהֲלִי Is 10:30 +; mpl. צַהֲלוּ Je 31:7;— neigh, of men under fig. of stallions; c. אֶל unto (in desire) Je 5:8, of profligate Judaeans; abs. 50:11 of arrogant Chaldeans. cry shrilly, in distress Is 10:30 (c. adv. acc. קוֹלֵךְ); usually joy, praise (‖ רָנַן) 12:6; 54:1, c. ב at, over, Je 31:7; Is 24:14; + שָׂמֵ֑חָה Est 8:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cry aloud (4); it cried aloud (1); they neigh (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 10:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.30/#tree)

צַהֲלִ֥י קוֹלֵ֖ךְ בַּת־גַּלִּ֑ים הַקְשִׁ֥יבִי לַ֖יְשָׁה עֲנִיָּ֥ה עֲנָתֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* cry.aloud voice your O.daughter of.Gallim pay.attention O.Laishah O.afflicted.\[one\] Anathoth

*JPS 1917:* Cry thou with a shrill voice, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! O thou poor Anathoth!

[Jeremiah 5:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.8/#tree)

סוּסִ֥ים מְיֻזָּנִ֖ים מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הָי֑וּ אִ֛ישׁ אֶל־אֵ֥שֶׁת רֵעֵ֖הוּ יִצְהָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* horses well.fed lustful they.are everyone to the.wife his.neighbor his they.neigh

*JPS 1917:* They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6670.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6670/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).