tse.a.dah denotes the marching sound heard in the tops of balsam trees before battle.

The two occurrences present tse.a.dah as the sound of marching heard in the tops of balsam trees, a signal followed by action against the Philistine camp.

1. Marching sound as a battle signal · dominant

   In 1 Chronicles 14:15, the singular absolute noun occurs in the instruction to hear a sound in the tops of the balsam trees before going out to battle; the APB renders the clause "the sound of marching." In 2 Samuel 5:24, the same singular absolute form occurs in the parallel instruction, after which the LORD goes out before the hearer to strike the Philistine camp.

   1 Chronicles 14:152 Samuel 5:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the relevant clause as "the sound of marching." This rendering is confirmed by the shared clause rather than treated as a precise lexical equivalence.