צִלְצָל
tsil.tsal
“buzzing”
Definition
a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)
from H6750 (צָלַל) reduplicated;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
צִלְצָל appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
Woe to the land of whirring wings,along the rivers of Cush,
Praise Him with clashing cymbals;praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.