- Original: צלע - Transliteration: Tsala` - Phonetic: tsaw-lah' - Definition: 1. to limp, be lame a. (Qal) 1. to limp 2. to be lame - Origin: a primitive root: probably to curve - TWOT entry: 1925 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; probably to curve; used only as denominative from H6763 to limp (as if one sided): - halt. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • halted, 2 Genesis 32:31; Micah 4:7 • halteth, 2 Micah 4:6; Zephaniah 3:19