Lexical Definition

‎צָלַל‎ tsâlal (tsaw-lal') to sink ^H:V
a primitive root

sink. Compare ‎צָלַל‎, ‎צָלַל‎.

• properly, to tumble down, i.e. settle by awaving motion

1) (Qal) to sink, be submerged

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎צָלַל‎] verb sink, be submerged (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian ƒalâlu, sink down, sink to rest, II. launch (Hpt^{Prol. Assyr. Gr. 1iii; BAS i. Ball, Gen. 53}); Ethiopic float, compare Nes^{Mar. x:} Aramaic ‎צְלַל‎, , are filter, clarify); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎צָֽלְלוּ כַּעוֺפֶרֶת בְּמַיִם‎ Exod 15:10.

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