To shade
צָלַלStrong’s H6751tsalal (tsa-lal)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsalal is the Hebrew word usually translated “became dark” and “giving shade”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.”
Meaning
- To be or become or grow dark(Qal) to become or grow dark · (Hiphil) to shadow
How it's translated
- they became dark 1
- giving shade 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
צָלַל tsalal · to shade
1) to be or become or grow dark 1a) (Qal) to become or grow dark 1b) (Hiphil) to shadow
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shade” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHADE, noun
[Latin scutum, a shield.]
- Literally, the interception, cutting of or interruption of the rays of light; hence, the obscurity which is caused by such interception.
- Darkness; obscurity; as the shades of night.
- An obscure place, properly in a grove or close wood, which precludes the sun's rays; an hence, a secluded retreat.
- A screen; something that intercepts light or heat.
All definitions and other forms of “shade”
- Protection; shelter. [See Shadow.]
- In painting, the dark part of the picture.
- Degree or gradation of light.
- A shadow. [See Shadow.]
- The soul, after its separation from the body; so called because the ancients supposed it to be perceptible to the sight, not to the touch; a spirit; aghost; as the shades of departed heroes.
SHADE, verb transitive
- To shelter or screen from light by intercepting its rays; and when applied to the rays of the sun, it segnifies to shelter from light and heat; as, a large tree shades the plants under its branches; shaded vegetables rarely come to perfection.
- To overspread with darkness or obscurity; to obscure.
- To shelter; to hide.
- To cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
- To paint in obscure colors; to darken.
- Tjo mark with gradations of color; as the shading pencil.
- To darken; to obscure.
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.