צל

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣ill- (“shadow”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒄑𒈪 (ṣillum, “shadow”) and Arabic ظِلّ (ẓill).

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤeːl/ [ˈsˤeːl]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈsˤel/ [ˈsˤeːl]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sel/ (West), /ˈsˤel/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sejl/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sel/

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  • Rhymes: -el

צֵל • (tsél) m (plural indefinite צְלָלִים, singular construct צֵל־, plural construct צִלְלֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. A shadow.
   • Tanach, Psalms 144:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אָדָם לַהֶבֶל דָּמָה יָמָיו כְּצֵל עוֹבֵר׃

     adám la-hével damá yamáv k-tsel 'ovér

     Man is like unto a breath; His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

2. Shade, a shaded area.

   בצל ― batsél ― in the shade

   • Tanach, Psalms 91:1, with Young's Literal Translation:

     יֹשֵׁב בְּסֵתֶר עֶלְיוֹן בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי יִתְלוֹנָן׃

     yoshév b-séter 'elyón b-tsel shadái yitlonan

     He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, in the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually.

• צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmávet)

• H6738 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “צֵל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 547c
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1281b
• “צל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language