# H6767 צְלָצַל

צְלָצַל (tsᵉlâtsal), Strong’s H6767: a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging) KJV: cymbal, locust, shadowing…

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*tsᵉlâtsal* — a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)

KJV: cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.

Derived from [צָלַל tsâlal](https://besorah.bible/word/H6750) (to tinkle, i.e. rattle together)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- צְלָצַ֑ל n.m. a whirring locust;—Dt 28:42
- צִלְצָל n.[m.]
- [צִלְצָל] n.[m.] whirring, buzzing;—cstr. Is 18:1
- צִלִצָל n.[m.]
- [צִלִצָל] n.[m.] spear (fr. whizzing);—cstr. Jb 40:31
- צֶלְצְלִים n.m.pl
- צֶלְצְלִים n.m.pl. musical instr. of percussion, cymbals (with clashing sound)

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 28:42](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=42) — Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.
- [2 Samuel 6:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=5) — David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with…
- [Isaiah 18:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/18?v=1) — Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
- [Psalms 150:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/150?v=5) — Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
- [Job 40:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/40?v=31) — Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish spears?