צלצל

Hebrew

Root
צ־ל־צ־ל (ts-l-ts-l)

Verb

צִלְצֵל • (ṣilṣḗl) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of צילצל.

Noun

צִלְצֵל • (tsitsél) m

1. (music) cymbal
   • Tanach, Psalms 150:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הַלְלוּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁמַע הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי תְרוּעָה׃

     Hal'luhú b-tsilts'lei sháma', hal'luhú b-tsilts'lei tru'ah.

     Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; Praise Him with the clanging cymbals.

Noun

צְלָצַל • (ṣəlāṣál) m (plural indefinite צִלְצָלׅים, singular construct צִלְצַל־, plural construct צִלְצְלֵי־) (dis legomenon)

1. Obsolete form of צְרָצַר (ṣərāṣár, “cricket”).
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 28:42:

     כָּל־עֵצְךָ֖ וּפְרִ֣י אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ יְיָרֵ֖שׁ הַצְּלָצַֽל

     The locust shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground.

   • Tanach, Isaiah 18:1:

     הֹ֥וי אֶ֖רֶץ צִלְצַ֣ל כְּנָפָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר מֵעֵ֖בֶר לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ

     Woe to the country of winged crickets beyond the rivers of Cush [i.e. Ethiopia].

References

• H6767 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “צלצל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כלי_נגינה_במקרא on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he