צָהַל
tsâhal · tsaw-hal'
to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)
- to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful
- by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bellow, cry aloud (out), lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout.
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads
To pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָהַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rejoiced1 · 11%
- to shine1 · 11%
- lift up1 · 11%
- cry out1 · 11%
- they shall cry aloud1 · 11%
- and cry aloud1 · 11%
- neighed1 · 11%
- and shout1 · 11%
- and bellow1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.