To roast
צָלָהStrong’s H6740tsalah (tsa-lah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “roast”, “roasts” and “roasted”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to roast
How it's translated
- to roast 1
- he roasts 1
- i roasted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- 1 Samuel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 44:16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
- Isaiah 44:19And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Hebrew dictionary
צָלָה tsalah · to roast
(Qal) to roast
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “roast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROAST, verb transitive
[If the verb is from the noun, the sense is to dress or cook on a gridiron or grate, and rist, rost, coincide in elements with Latin rastellum, a rake. If the verb is the root, the sense probably is to contract or crisp, or to throw or agitate, hence to make rough.]
- To cook, dress or prepare meat for the table by exposing it to heat, as on a spit.
- To prepare for food by exposure to heat; as, to roast apples or potatoes; to roast eggs.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently.
- To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee.
All definitions and other forms of “roast”
- In metallurgy, to dissipate the volatile parts of ore by heat.
- In common discourse, to jeer; to banter severely.
ROAST, noun
That which is roasted.
ROAST, adjective
[for roasted.]
Roasted; as roast beef.
ROAST, noun
In the phrase, to rule the roast this word is a corrupt pronunciation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.