To tingle
צָלַלStrong’s H6750tsalal (tsa-lal)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsalal is the Hebrew word usually translated “tingle” and “quivered”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.”
Meaning
- To tingle, quiver(Qal)
How it's translated
- they will tingle 3
- they quivered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Habakkuk 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 21:12Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
- Jeremiah 19:3And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
- Habakkuk 3:16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
Hebrew dictionary
צָלַל tsalal · to tingle
1) to tingle, quiver 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tingle (of ears) 1a2) to quiver (of fear)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tingle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TIN'GLE, verb intransitive
[Latin tinnio.]
- To feel a kind of thrilling sound.“At which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle” 1 Samuel 3:11
- To feel a sharp thrilling pain.
- To have a thrilling sensation, or a sharp slight penetrating sensation.
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.