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ṣēl צֵל ‘shadow’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṣālal צָלַל ‘to shade’
Roots: צלל

ṣēl n, m
1) shadow, shade
 1a) shadow (on dial)
 1b) shadow, shade (as protection)
 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

Mentioned in Genesis 19:8 Numbers 14:9 Judges 9:15, 9:36 2 Kings 20:9, 20:11, 20:10 Isaiah 25:4, 38:8, 32:2, 34:15, 16:3, 51:16, 49:2, 30:3, 4:6, 30:2, 25:5 Jeremiah 48:45 Ezekiel 17:23, 31:12, 31:17, 31:6 Hosea 4:13, 14:8 Jonah 4:6, 4:5 Psalms 36:8, 144:4, 17:8, 80:11, 57:2, 102:12, 109:23, 63:8, 121:5, 91:1 Job 8:9, 14:2, 17:7, 7:2 Song of Songs 2:3 Lamentations 4:20 Ecclesiastes 6:12, 8:13, 7:12 1 Chronicles 29:15

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