Strong's Definition
a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)
Derivation: from H6750 (צָלַל) reduplicated;
KJV Usage: cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.
TWOT Reference: 1919a,b,c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צִלְצָל (tsil.tsal) — buzzing. whirring, buzzing
צִלִצָל (tsil.tsal) — spear. spear
צְלָצַ֑ל (tse.la.tsal) — whirring. whirring locust
צֶלְצְלִים (tsel.tse.lim) — banging. musical instrument of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · צלל
noun m · צלל
Traps | ≈ שֻׂכָּה
harpoon, fishing spear = wooden rod about the length of a man, with a metal or bone point with barbs on one end, and a rope on the other end; ► thrown at fish or aquatic animals to kill and catch them
JOB 40:31
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צִלְצָל] n.[m.] whirring, buzzing;—cstr. Is 18:1 ref
[צִלִצָל] n.[m.] spear (fr. whizzing);—cstr. Jb 40:31 ref
צְלָצַ֑ל n.m. a whirring locust;—Dt 28:42 ref
צֶלְצְלִים n.m.pl. musical instr. of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound) base