צֵל

tsel

TSALE

shadow, shade

Where it comes from

In a desert, shadow is not gloom but survival — the only thing that makes noon bearable. Hebrew uses tsel for protection because shade is where you live. To be in someones shadow in scripture is a good place to be.

Every place it appears

Strong's H6738. It stands in 47 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Psalm 91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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