צֵלָע
tsêlâʻ · tsay-law'
a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from H6760 (צָלַע);
a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
- a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf)
- hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter)
- architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads › to see and know
To pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צֵלָע 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
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- side11 · 27%
- of the side chambers3 · 7%
- by the sides2 · 5%
- corners2 · 5%
- chambers2 · 5%
- with boards2 · 5%
- of his ribs1 · 2%
- and the rib1 · 2%
- of the side1 · 2%
- on the side1 · 2%
- sides1 · 2%
- on the sides1 · 2%
- chamber1 · 2%
- with planks1 · 2%
- leaves1 · 2%
- upon the beams1 · 2%
- at his side1 · 2%
- for my halting1 · 2%
- of every side chamber1 · 2%
- and the side1 · 2%
- one over another1 · 2%
- for the side chambers1 · 2%
- to the side chambers1 · 2%
- which was for the side chamber1 · 2%
- and upon the side chambers1 · 2%
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.