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# צָלַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6750

**tingle** — used 4 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

tingle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6750/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָלַל: vb. tingle, quiver [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6750/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tingle, quiver (NH צִלְצֵל whirr; Arabic صَلَّ, صَلْصَلَ; 𝔗 צְלַל; Syriac ܨܰܠ );— Pf. 3 pl. צָֽלְלוּ Hb 3:16; Impf. 3 fpl. תְּצִלֶּינָה 1 S 3:11, תִּצַּלְנָה (Ges§ 67g) 2 K 21:12; Je 19:3;—tingle, of ears, at horrid sound 1 S 3:11; 2 K 21:12; Je 19:3 (all of dreadful news); of lips, quiver in terror Hb 3:16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they will tingle (3); they quivered (1).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 3:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.3.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.3.11/#tree)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל הִנֵּ֧ה אָנֹכִ֛י עֹשֶׂ֥ה דָבָ֖ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְע֔וֹ תְּצִלֶּ֖ינָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Samuel here! I \[am\].about.to.do a.thing in Israel which every \[one who\].hears.it they.will.tingle the.two ears his

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said to Samuel: 'Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

[2 Kings 21:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.12/#tree)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Yahweh the.God of.Israel here I \[am\].about.to.bring calamity on Jerusalem and Judah which every \[one who\].hears.of.it they.will.tingle the.two ears his

*JPS 1917:* therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6750.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6750/): 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).