BDB7079
צֵל noun masculine Ps 144:4 shadow; — ׳ צ absolute 2Kgs 20:9 +, construct Gen 19:8 +; suffix צִלְךָ Ps 121:5, צִלּוֺ Ezek 31:6 +, also צִלְלוֺ Job 40:22, etc.; plural צְלָלִים Song 2:17; Song 4:6 construct צִלְלֵי Jer 6:4 —
1.
shadow on dial 2Kgs 20:9; 2Kgs 20:10 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 20:11 || Isa 38:8
צִלְלֶיעָֿ֑רֶב
Jer 6:4, compare
Song 2:17;
Song 4:6 of
mountain Judg 9:36
.
2.
shadow, shade, as protection (from sun): of branches, Judg 9:15 (in allegory), Hos 4:13; Job 40:22; Jonah 4:5; Jonah 4:6 and (in
figurative) Hos 14:8
; Ezek
17:23;
Ezek 31:6; Ezek 31:12; Ezek 31:17; Ps 80:11; Song 2:3 (of refreshment, delight); of rock Isa 32:2
(simile); קֹרָתִי
׳
צ
Gen 19:8
shadow of my roof; of cloud Isa 25:4 and (figurative of ׳
י's protection) Isa 4:6; Isa 25:4, so probably Isa 16:3
כְּנָפֶיךָ
׳
צ
shadow of thy wings, figurative of ׳
י's protection Ps 17:8; Ps 36:8; Ps 57:2; Ps 63:8
shade, in general, Job 7:2, figurative of ׳
י
Ps 121:5
hence = protection, defence, of city (wall) Jer 48:45 of ׳
י
Num 14:9 (
J
E
), Ps 91:1
(see also proper name בְּצַלְאֵל), compare צֵל יָדוֺ
Isa 49:2
(covering prophet, under figure of sword), Isa 51:16 (covering people); of human ally Isa 30:2; Isa 30:3, of king Lam 4:20 also
of wisdom Eccl 7:12
, money Eccl
7:12. — בְּצִלָּהּ
Isa 34:15
apparently reference to קִפּוֺז, but improbable; read perhaps בֵּצֶיהָ
her eggs
Du
CheHpt (CheHeb
Hpt transpose וּבָֽקְעָה וְדָֽגְרָה).
3.
shadow as symbol of transitoriness of life Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Ps 144:4 (כְּצֵל עוֺבֵר), Eccl 6:12;
Eccl 8:13
כְּצֵל נָטוּי of an individual Life near its end Ps 102:12, So כְּצֵל כִּנְטוֺתוֺ
Ps 109:23
in simile of emaciated members, וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל
Job 17:7.