צֵל
ṣēl
shadow
Strong's H6738NounHebrewTWOT 1921a

צֵל (ṣēl) is a Hebrew noun meaning shadow. It appears 49 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6738).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1921a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1921a)shadow; shade; defence
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צֵל noun, masculine: shadow

Strong's H6738 צֵל: shade, whether literal or figurative
KJV:defence, shade(-ow).

Strong's H6752 צֵלֶל: shade
KJV:shadow.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1921: צָלַל ṣālal — be, grow dark; the gates of Jerusalem grew dark; a shadowing wood; shade; begin to be dark, shadowing

See it in Scripture

Genesis 19:8Numbers 14:9Judges 9:15

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