H4684 מַצְהָלָה (matshâlâh) mats-haw-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

neighing

Strong's Definition

a whinnying (through impatience for battle or lust)

Derivation: from H6670 (צָהַל);

KJV Usage: neighing.

TWOT Reference: 1881a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) neighing

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַצְהָלָה (mats.ha.lah) — neighing. neighing

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִצְהָלָה (H4684) — מִצְהָלֹות

noun f · צהל

Sounds | verb qal | ≈ נַחֲרָה

neighing = action by which a horse utters a prolonged cry; ≈ sometimes associated with a man's desire for another man's wife

JER 8:16 · JER 13:27

Graham S. Ogden

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מַצְהָלָה] n.f. neighing base

Bible Occurrences (2)

8:16 13:27

Jeremiah 8:16

The snorting of [enemy] horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

Jeremiah 13:27

Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills [and] in the fields — I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long...... will you remain unclean?