Tsânach — H6795

Definition

verb

to alight; (transitive) to cause to descend, i.e. drive down

1. (Qal) to go down, descend

Usually translated as

fasten, light

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Tsânach occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Judges (2)

• Joshua 15:18 — And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted (וַתִּצְנַ֖ח) off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
• Judges 1:14 — And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted (וַתִּצְנַ֖ח) from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
• Judges 4:21 — Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened (וַתִּצְנַ֖ח) it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.