צֶלְצְלִים

Biblical Hebrew

cymbals — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

cymbals tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צֶלְצְלִים: n.m.pl. percussion, cymbals tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m.pl. musical instr. of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound; NH צֶלְצַל, Aramaic צֶלְצְלִין, ܨܺܝܨܠܴܐ );—צ׳ 2 S 6:5 (+ מְנַעַנְעִים, q.v.; ‖ 1 Ch 13:8 מְצִלְתַּיִם); cstr. צִלְצְלֵי־שָׁ֑מַע ψ 150:5, צ׳ תְּרוּעָה v 5;—cf. NowArch. i. 272 f. BenzArchaeology 277 Weψψ Eng. Tr. 232.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cymbals (3).

In the verses

Psalms 150:5 · tree →

הַֽלְל֥וּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁ֑מַע הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י תְרוּעָֽה׃

Word for word: praise him with cymbals of.sound praise him with cymbals of.shouting

JPS 1917: Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:5 · tree →

וְדָוִ֣ד ׀ וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מְשַֽׂחֲקִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה בְּכֹ֖ל עֲצֵ֣י בְרוֹשִׁ֑ים וּבְכִנֹּר֤וֹת וּבִנְבָלִים֙ וּבְתֻפִּ֔ים וּבִמְנַֽעַנְעִ֖ים וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים׃

Word for word: and David and all the.house of.Israel [were].playing before Yahweh on all wood(s) of.fir.trees and on harps and on lyres and on tambourines and on rattles and on cymbals

JPS 1917: And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all manner of instruments made of cypress-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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