צֵלָע
ṣēlāʿ
rib
Strong's H6763NounHebrewTWOT 1924a

צֵלָע (ṣēlāʿ) is a Hebrew noun meaning rib. It appears 41 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6763).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1924a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1924a)rib, side; a, timber, plank; beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צֵלָע noun, feminine: rib, side

Strong's H6763 צֵלָע: a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
KJV:beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).

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 1924: צלע ṣlʿ — Root of: צֵלָע rib, side

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:21Exodus 25:122 Samuel 16:13

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