- Original: צלל - Transliteration: Tsalal - Phonetic: tsaw-lal' - Definition: 1. to be or become or grow dark a. (Qal) to become or grow dark b. (Hiphil) to shadow - Origin: a primitive root [identical with H6749 through the idea of hovering over (compare H6754 )] - TWOT entry: 1921 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (rather identical with H6749 through the idea of hovering over (compare H6754 )); to shade as twilight or an opaque object: - begin to be dark shadowing. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • dark, 1 Nehemiah 13:19 • shadowing, 1 Ezekiel 31:3