צָֽלֲלוּ֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 צָֽלֲלוּ֩

   tsa-la-LU

   they grew dark
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם

   ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim

   as, when they grew dark gates of Jerusalem
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֗ת וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַדְּלָת֔וֹת וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת

   va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT

   and it happened as, when they grew dark gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath and I said and they were shut the doors and I said that, which not they should open them until after the Sabbath
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַׁבָּ֗ת וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַדְּלָת֔וֹת וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י הֽ͏ֶעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא־יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּי֥וֹם הַשַבָּֽת׃

   va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

   and it happened as, when they grew dark gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath and I said and they were shut the doors and I said that, which not they should open them until after the Sabbath and from my young men I stationed, I set upon the gates that no might come load, burden on the day of the Sabbath

Exegesis

The temporal conjunction ka'asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾa-šer} ‘when’ links the onset of declining light marked by the idiom tsalalu {צָֽלֲלוּ | ṣā-la-lû} ‘they grew dim’ with subsequent directives.

Root and etymology

צ־ל־ל🔊 ts-l-l

“to become dark, shaded”

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