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Strong's #6762 - צֵלָע

Transliteration
Tselaʻ
Phonetics
tseh'-lah
Origin
the same as (H6761)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Zelah = "a rib"
    1. a city in Benjamin containing the family burial place of Saul

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
BSB (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
CSB (1)
2 Samuel 1
ESV (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
KJV (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
LEB (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
LSB (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
N95 (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
NAS (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Joshua 1
2 Samuel 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 צֵלַע proper name, of a location in Benjamin Joshua 18:28, A ᵐ5 L Σελα [(ε) λαφ]; burial-place of Saul 2 Samuel 21:14 (צֵלָֹע), ἐν τῇ πλευρᾷ; possinly = Tel Amarna Zilu, so Zim ZA vi. 258 Jastr JBL xi (1892), 105 (Wkl, however, thinks of סלע).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צֵלָע constr. צֵלַע and צֶלַע (of a segolate form), with suff. צַלְעִי f. (but pl. צְלָעִים m. 1 Kings 6:34).

(1) a rib, Genesis 2:21, 22. Pl. צְלָעוֹת beams (as if the ribs of a building, Gerippe, Rippenwerk), 1 Kings 6:15, 16 1 Kings 6:16, 7:3 (compare verse 2, where there is כְּרֻתוֹת in the same signification).

(2) a side

(a) of man, Job 18:12; Jeremiah 20:10, שֹׁמְרֵי צַלְעִי “those who watch my side,” my friends who do not depart from my side.

(b) of inanimate things, as of the tabernacle, Exodus 26:26, 27 Exodus 26:27 of the altar, Exodus 27:7 of a quarter of the heaven, Exodus 26:35. Pl. צְלָעִי (m.) sides, or leaves of a door, 1 Kings 6:34. Elsewhere always צְלָעוֹת, constr. צַלְעוֹת the sides of the altar, Exodus 38:7 of the ark of the covenant, Exodus 25:14.

(3) a side chamber of the temple (as to which see יָצוּעַ ), 1 Kings 6:5; Ezekiel 41:6, seq.; also collect. story, or range of side chambers, 1 Kings 6:8, and i.q. יָצוּעַ, used of the whole of that part of the temple, comprising three stories, Ezekiel 41:5, Ezekiel 41:9, 11 Ezekiel 41:11. בֵּית צְלָעוֹת Ezekiel 41:9, is a space between the two walls of the temple, intended for these chambers. Compare Jos. Archæol. viii. 3, § 2.

(4) [Zelah], pr.n. of a town of the Benjamites, where Saul was buried, Joshua 18:28; 2 Samuel 21:14.


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List of Word Forms
בְּצֵלָ֗ע בצלע וְצֵלַ֡ע וצלע bə·ṣê·lā‘ bəṣêlā‘ betzeLa vetzeLa wə·ṣê·la‘ wəṣêla‘
 
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