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Psalms 109:23

“I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

צֵלtsêl · tsale
H6738 · Hebrew

Definition: shade, whether literal or figurative
Derivation: from H6751 (צָלַל);
KJV renderings: defence, shade(-ow).
Grammar: כְּ — preposition
צֵל — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HR/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 49 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:8 Numbers 14:9 Judges 9:15 Judges 9:36 2 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.

Verse 22 Verse 24

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.