tsel denotes a cast shadow, in scenes of shade and in comparisons involving human life and passing time.

The occurrences show a cast shadow in outdoor settings, beneath roofs, trees, rocks, plants, hands, and wings, and in the movement of a shadow on steps. The same noun also appears in comparisons that describe days, life, or a person by reference to a shadow, without requiring a separate lexical sense.

1. Cast shadow in settings and comparisons · dominant

   The noun occurs in concrete clauses: in 2 Kings 20:10 the APB renders the shadow as going forward or back ten steps, and in Jonah 4:6 it is provided over Jonah’s head by a plant. Construct forms link it to what casts or contains it, as in Isaiah 32:2, where the APB renders “the shadow of a heavy rock,” while absolute forms occur in comparisons such as Job 14:2, where a person flees “like a shadow.”

   2 Kings 20:10Jonah 4:6Isaiah 32:2Genesis 19:8Job 14:2Psalm 144:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun as “shadow” and sometimes as “shade,” especially where someone sits beneath a booth, plant, rock, or tree. In several cited verses it uses a shadow in a comparison about days or a person; the translation does not mark word-level alignment.