Lexical Definition

‎צְלָצַל‎ tsᵉlâtsal (tsel-aw-tsal') buzzing ^H:N-M
from ‎צָלַל‎ reduplicated

cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.

• a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings)
• (concretely) a cricket
• also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)

1) whirring, buzzing
2) spear
3) whirring locust

See Greek: αὐλός · κύμβαλον

Extended Information

• musical instrument of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎צִלְצָל‎] noun [masculine] whirring, buzzing; — construct ‎אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם‎ Isa 18:1 land of buzzing of (insects ') wings (so probably; other views see in Di).

II. [‎צִלְצָל‎] noun [masculine] spear (from whizzing); — construct ‎צִלְצַל דָּגִים‎ Job 40:31* fish-spear, harpoon.

‎צְלָצַ֑ל‎ noun masculine a whirring locust (compare Assyrian ƒarƒaru, Arabic , Syriac , ; Lag ^{Ges. Abh. 145, N. 9}); — Deut 28:42 (devouring; not identified; Tr^{NHB 313}).

‎צֶלְצְלִים‎ noun masculine plural musical instrument of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound; Late Hebrew ‎צֶלְצַל‎, Aramaic ‎צֶלְצְלִין‎, ); — ‎׳‎‎צ‎ 2Sam 6:5 (+ ‎מְנַעַנְעִים‎, q. v.; || 1Chr 13:8 ‎מְצִלְתַּיִם‎); construct ‎צִלְצְלֵישָֿׁ֑מַע‎ Ps 150:5, ‎תְּרוּעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎ vPs 150:5 &m;d compare Now^{Archaeology i. 272 f., 272 f.} Benz^{Archaeology 277} We^{Psalms Eng. Tr. 232}.

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