Tsᵉlâtsal — H6767

Definition

masculine noun

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

Usually translated as

locust, shadowing, cymbal, spear

Origin

from H6750 reduplicated

• Derived from Tsâlal (H6750)

Greek equivalents

• aulós (G836)
• kýmbalon (G2950)

Occurrences

Tsᵉlâtsal occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1)

• Deuteronomy 28:42 — All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust (הַצְּלָצַֽל) consume.
• 2 Samuel 6:5 — And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals (וּֽבְצֶלְצֶלִֽים).
• Job 41:7 — Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears (וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל)?
• Psalms 150:5 — Praise him upon the loud cymbals (בְצִלְצְלֵי): praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
• Psalms 150:5 — Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals (בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י).
• Isaiah 18:1 — Woe to the land shadowing (צִלְצַ֣ל) with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: