Isaiah 18:1:3Isa.18.1.W3TAB
צִלְצַ֣ל
tsiltsal
“buzzing or whirring”
- Transliteration
- tsil-TSAL
- Extended
- tsihl-TSAL
- IPA
- /tsilˈtsal/
Meaning by language
- English
- buzzing or whirring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tsil-TSAL
- phraseyour reading level
tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim
- clause
HOY E-rets tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim
- sentence
HOY E-rets tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
Exegesis
The construct chain eretz tsiltsal kenafayim {אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָיִם | ʾereṣ ṣilṣal kənāp̄ayim} links eretz {אֶרֶץ | ʾereṣ} ‘land’ to tsiltsal {צִלְצַל | ṣilṣal} ‘buzzing’ and kenafayim {כְּנָפָיִם | kənāp̄ayim} ‘wings’.
Root and etymology
ṣ-l-ṣṣ–l–ṣ
“to tingle, buzz”
In context — Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 18:1, so the Hebrew word צִלְצַ֣ל (tsiltsal) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Isa.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.1.W3.S1) and character.