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H6763 · צֵלָע

tsêlâʻ · tsay-law' · side, chamber

H6763 (tsêlâʻ, pronounced tsay-law') is the Hebrew word צֵלָע in Strong’s dictionary: a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf). It appears 40 times in 31 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
צֵלָע (Hebrew)
Transliteration
tsêlâʻ
Pronunciation
tsay-law'
Derivation
or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from H6760 (צָלַע);
Definition
a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
Rendered in the KJV
beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

40 occurrences in 31 verses (36 with English words of their own, 4 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

By book

Genesis 2 · Exodus 15 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 6 · Ezekiel 7

First 30 of 31 verses

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