צֵל
tsel
“shadow”
Definition
shade, whether literal or figurative
from H6751 (צָלַל);
- shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) Also means: tse.lel (*צֵלֶל *"shadow" H6752)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
צֵל appears 41 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
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They set out to go down to Egyptwithout asking My advice,to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protectionand take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
But the thornbush replied,‘If you really are anointing me as king over you,come and find refuge in my shade.But if not, may fire come out of the thornbushand consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
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