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צֵלָע tse·la

“side” · 40 times in the Old Testament

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Genesis: 2 timesExodus: 19 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: 0 timesJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 0 times2 Samuel: once1 Kings: 7 times2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 0 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 0 timesProverbs: 0 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 0 timesJeremiah: 0 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 11 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 0 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “side” 11
  • “side rooms” 10
  • “(not translated)” 4
  • “sides” 4
  • “paneling” 2
  • other ways 9
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis2
Exodus19
2 Samuel1
1 Kings7
Ezekiel11

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. side11
  2. side rooms10
  3. Not translated: the English carries it without a word4
  4. sides4
  5. boards2
  6. paneling2
  7. along the ridge1
  8. another1
  9. arranged one1
  10. beams1
  11. floor1
  12. man’s ribs1
  13. 1 other ways1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“side” 11

  • Exodus 11

    • 25:12 …two rings on one side and two on the…
    • 26:20 …For the second side of the tabernacle the…
    • 26:26 …the frames on one side of the tabernacle…
    • 26:27 …those on the other side and five for those…
    • 26:27 …those on the rear side of the tabernacle to…
    • 26:35 …table on the south side
    • 26:35 …veil on the north side of the tabernacle and…
    • 36:25 …For the second side of the tabernacle the…
    • 36:31 …the frames on one side of the tabernacle…
    • 36:32 …those on the other side and five for those…
    • 37:3 …two rings on one side and two on the…
“side rooms” 10

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 6:5 …in which he constructed the side rooms

  • Ezekiel 9

    • 41:5 …the width of each side room around the temple was…
    • 41:6 The side rooms were arranged one above…
    • 41:6 …to serve as supports for the side rooms so that the supports…
    • 41:7 The side rooms surrounding the temple widened…
    • 41:8 …it forming the foundation of the side rooms It was the full…
    • 41:9 …The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick…
    • 41:9 …the open area between the side rooms of the temple…
    • 41:11 The side rooms opened into this area…
    • 41:26 …sidewalls of the portico The side rooms of the temple also…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 4
“sides” 4

  • Exodus 4

    • 25:14 …into the rings on the sides of the ark in…
    • 27:7 …poles are on two sides of the altar when…
    • 37:5 …into the rings on the sides of the ark in…
    • 38:7 …into the rings on the sides of the altar for…
“paneling” 2

  • 1 Kings 2

    • 6:15 …interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of…
    • 6:34 …each had two folding panels
“boards” 2

  • 1 Kings 2

    • 6:15 …the floor with cypress boards
    • 6:16 …the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling…
“man’s ribs” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 2:21 …slept He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the…
“rib” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 2:22 And from the rib that the LORD God…
“along the ridge” 1

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 16:13 …road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite…
“floor” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 6:8 …entrance to the bottom floor was on the south…
“beams” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 7:3 …roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the…
“arranged one” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 41:6 …The side rooms were arranged one above another in three…
“another” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 41:6 …were arranged one above another in three levels of…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.