Lexicon
צוּץ
tsuts
H6692B
H:V Hebrew

to gaze

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Tsuts describes the beloved looking out from behind a wall through a window or crevice.

The attested use depicts the beloved looking out from behind a wall, with the view framed by a window and crevice.

Senses in use

  1. Looking out through an opening · dominant

    In Song of Songs 2:9, the active participle describes the beloved standing behind the wall and looking out through the window or crevice; the APB renders the scene as “gazing from the window and peering from the crevice.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Song of Songs 2:9, the APB presents the scene with “gazing from the window and peering from the crevice.” It does not establish which of those English expressions corresponds specifically to the lemma.

Across Scripture