Strong's Lexicon

H6739

H6739 — צְּלָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

AramaictslaverbOccurrences: 2TWOT: 2959

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6739
Word:צְּלָא
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:(Aramaic) probably corresponding to H6760 in the sense of bowing
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:tsla
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tsel-aw'
Meaning:1. pray
KJV Renderings:pray.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9841

[צְלָא] verb

Pa`el pray (originally bow in prayer) ( ᵑ7 id., bow, Pa`el pray, so Syriac [untranscribed source text 6132] and Pa.; Assyrian ƒullû , entreat (apparently not of prayer to gods ZimKAT 3. 610 f.); Arabic [untranscribed source text 6133] middle of the back, [untranscribed source text 6134] II. pray, Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 6135] bow, [untranscribed source text 6136] pray; Sabean צלות shrine HomChr 125; AA 185); — Participle מְצַלֵּא Dan 6:11 (absolute); plural מְצַלַּ֫יִן (K§ 47a)) Ezra 6:10 (with ל in behalf of).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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