מְצִלָּה
me.tsil.lah
H4698
H:N-F
Hebrew
bell
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Books
Hebrew
Language
me.tsil.lah denotes bells attached to horses and marked with a holy inscription.
The attested use refers to bells associated with horses, bearing the inscription “Holy to the LORD” in Zechariah 14:20.
Senses in use
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Bells attached to horses · dominant
In Zechariah 14:20, the feminine plural construct form occurs in the clause concerning horses and an inscription. The APB renders the clause, “the bells of the horses will be inscribed ‘Holy to the LORD.’”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Zechariah 14:20, the APB presents the term as “bells” in the phrase “the bells of the horses”.