Lexicon tslatsal: cymbal Original Word: צְלָצַלPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: tslatsal Phonetic Spelling: (tsel-aw-tsal') Short Definition: cymbal Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [ צִלְצָל] noun [masculine] whirring, buzzing; — construct אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Isaiah 18:1 land of buzzing of (insects ') wings (so probably; other views see in Di). II. [צִלְצָל] noun [masculine] spear (from whizzing); — construct צִלְצַל דָּגִים Job 40:31 fish-spear, harpoon. צְלָצַ֑ל noun masculine a whirring locust (compare Assyrian ƒarƒaru, Arabic  , Syriac  ,  ; Lag Ges. Abh. 145, N. 9); — Deuteronomy 28:42 (devouring; not identified; TrNHB 313). צֶלְצְלִים noun masculine plural musical instrument of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound; Late Hebrew צֶלְצַל, Aramaic צֶלְצְלִין,  ); — ׳צ 2 Samuel 6:5 (+ מְנַעַנְעִים, q. v.; "" 1 Chronicles 13:8 מְצִלְתַּיִם); construct צִלְצְלֵישָֿׁ֑מַע Psalm 150:5, תְּרוּעָה ׳צ Psalm 150:5; &m;d compare NowArchaeology i. 272 f., 272 f. BenzArchaeology 277 WePsalms Eng. Tr. 232.
Strong's cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear From tsalal reduplicated; a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging) -- cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear. see HEBREW tsalal |
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