Strong's Hebrew · H6751

צָלַל

tsâlal · tsaw-lal'

begin to be dark, shadowing.

Definition

to shade, as twilight or an opaque object

Derivation

a primitive root (identical with through the idea of hovering over (compare H6754 (צֶלֶם)));

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Ezekiel 31:3

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Nehemiah 13:19

When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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