Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6628 |
|---|---|
| Word: | צֶּאֶל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to be slender |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | tse'el |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tseh'-el |
| Meaning: | 1. the lotus tree |
| KJV Renderings: | shady tree. |
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צֶאֱלִים noun masculine plural a kind of lotus (Rhamnus (more exactly Zizyphus), Lotus [Linn.], thorny lotus (not sacred Nymphea Lotus; Saad [untranscribed source text 4399], compare AW De Job 2 , Syriac [untranscribed source text 4400], see Löwp. 275); — Job 40:21; Job 40:22.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
