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Jeremiah 48:45
“They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6738 · Hebrew
- Definition
- shade, whether literal or figurative
- Derivation
- from H6751 (צָלַל);
- KJV renderings
- defence, shade(-ow).
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- צֵ֥ל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 49 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:8Numbers 14:9Judges 9:15Judges 9:362 Kings 20:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read צֵל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.