צלצל

Hebrew

Root
צ־ל־צ־ל (ts-l-ts-l)
3 terms

Verb

צִלְצֵל • (ṣilṣḗl) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of צילצל.

Noun

צִלְצֵל • (tsitsél) m

  1. (music) cymbal
    • Tanach, Psalms 150:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      הַלְלוּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁמַע הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי תְרוּעָה׃
      Hal'luhú b-tsilts'lei sháma', hal'luhú b-tsilts'lei tru'ah.
      Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; Praise Him with the clanging cymbals.

Noun

צְלָצַל • (ṣəlāṣál) m (plural indefinite צִלְצָלׅים, singular construct צִלְצַל־, plural construct צִלְצְלֵי־) (dis legomenon)

  1. obsolete form of צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣár, “cricket”)
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 28:42:
      כָּל־עֵצְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ יְיָרֵ֖שׁ הַצְּלָצַֽל
      The locust shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground.
    • Tanach, Isaiah 18:1:
      הֹ֥וי אֶ֖רֶץ צִלְצַ֣ל כְּנָפָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵעֵ֖בֶר לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ
      Woe to the country of winged crickets beyond the rivers of Cush [i.e. Ethiopia].

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