Tsêlâʻ — H6763

Definition

feminine noun

a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)

1. side, rib, beam
1. rib (of man)
2. rib (of hill, ridge, etc)
3. side-chambers or cells (of temple structure)
4. rib, plank, board (of cedar or fir)
5. leaves (of door)
6. side (of ark)

Usually translated as

side, chamber, rib, beam, board, corner, leaf, plank

Origin

or (feminine) tsalʻâh; from H6760

• Derived from Tsâlaʻ (H6760)

Greek equivalents

• mástix (G3148)
• méros (G3313)
• xýlon (G3586)
• péras (G4009)
• pleurá (G4125)

Occurrences

Tsêlâʻ occurs 41 times in 32 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (15), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (6), Job (1), Ezekiel (7)

• Genesis 2:21 — And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs (מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו), and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
• Genesis 2:22 — And the rib (הַצֵּלָ֛ע), which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
• Exodus 25:12 — And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side (צַלְעוֹ֙) of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
• Exodus 25:12 — And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side (צַלְע֖וֹ) of it.
• Exodus 25:14 — And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides (צַלְעֹ֣ת) of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
• Exodus 26:20 — And for the second side (וּלְצֶ֧לַע) of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
• Exodus 26:26 — And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side (צֶֽלַע) of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 26:27 — And five bars for the boards of the other side (צֶֽלַע) of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
• Exodus 26:27 — And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side (צֶ֣לַע) of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
• Exodus 26:35 — And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side (צֶ֥לַע) of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
• Exodus 26:35 — And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side (צֶ֥לַע).
• Exodus 27:7 — And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides (צַלְעֹ֥ת) of the altar, to bear it.
• Exodus 30:4 — And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners (צַלְעֹתָ֔יו) thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
• Exodus 36:25 — And for the other side (וּלְצֶ֧לַע) of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
• Exodus 36:31 — And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side (צֶֽלַע) of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 36:32 — And five bars for the boards of the other side (צֶֽלַע) of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
• Exodus 37:3 — And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side (צַלְעוֹ֙) of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
• Exodus 37:3 — And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side (צַלְע֖וֹ) of it.
• Exodus 37:5 — And he put the staves into the rings by the sides (צַלְעֹ֣ת) of the ark, to bear the ark.
• Exodus 37:27 — And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners (צַלְעֹתָ֔יו) of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal.
• Exodus 38:7 — And he put the staves into the rings on the sides (צַלְעֹ֣ת) of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
• 2 Samuel 16:13 — And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side (בְּצֵ֨לַע) over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
• 1 Kings 6:5 — And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers (צְלָע֖וֹת) round about:
• 1 Kings 6:8 — The door for the middle chamber (הַצֵּלָע֙) was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
• 1 Kings 6:15 — And he built the walls of the house within with boards (בְּצַלְע֣וֹת) of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
• 1 Kings 6:15 — And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks (בְּצַלְע֥וֹת) of fir.
• 1 Kings 6:16 — And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards (בְּצַלְע֣וֹת) of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
• 1 Kings 6:34 — And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves (צְלָעִ֜ים) of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
• 1 Kings 7:3 — And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams (הַצְּלָעֹת֙), that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
• Job 18:12 — His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
• Ezekiel 41:5 — After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber (הַצֵּלָע֩), four cubits, round about the house on every side.
• Ezekiel 41:6 — And the side chambers (וְהַצְּלָעוֹת֩) were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
• Ezekiel 41:6 — And the side chambers were three, one (צֵלָ֨ע) over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
• Ezekiel 41:6 — And the side chambers were three, one over another (צֵלָ֜ע), and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
• Ezekiel 41:6 — And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers (לַצְּלָע֛וֹת) round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
• Ezekiel 41:7 — And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers (לַצְּלָע֗וֹת): for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
• Ezekiel 41:8 — I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers (הַצְּלָעוֹת֙) were a full reed of six great cubits.
• Ezekiel 41:9 — The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber (לַצֵּלָ֛ע) without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
• Ezekiel 41:9 — The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers (צְלָע֖וֹת) that were within.
• Ezekiel 41:11 — And the doors of the side chambers (הַצֵּלָע֙) were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
• Ezekiel 41:26 — And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers (וְצַלְע֥וֹת) of the house, and thick planks.