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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #6754 - צֶלֶם
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2663) mly (תסלמ TsLM) AC: ? CO: Image AB: ?: An outline or representation of an original as a shadow is the outline of the original. [from: ly- from the dark shadow of a deep place]
Nm ) mly (תסלמ TsLM) - Image: Also an image or form of something as the shadow of the original. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (34): image, vain, form - Strongs: H6754 (צֶלֶם), H6755 (צְלֵם)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
צֶלֶם m. with suff. צַלְמוֹ
(1) a shadow, Psalms 39:7 metaph. used of any thing vain, Psal. 73:20. Hence
(2) an image, likeness (so called from its shadowing forth; compare σκία, σκίασμα, σκιαγραφέω), Genesis 1:27, 5:3 9:6 an image, idol, 2 Kings 11:18; Amos 5:26. (Syr. and Chald. ܨܠܰܡܐܳ, צַלְמָא id., Arab. صَنَمُ an image, the letters נ and ל being interchanged.)
צֶלֶם , צְלֵם Ch. emphat. state, צַלְמָא m. an image, idol, Daniel 2:31, seqq.; 3:1, seqq.
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