Strong's Definition
to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bellow, cry aloud (out), lift up, neigh, rejoice, make to shine, shout.
TWOT Reference: 1881,1882
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָהַל (tsa.hal) — to cry out. 1) to neigh, cry shrilly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to neigh (of men as stallions-fig.) 1a2) (Piel) to cry shrilly (in distress)
צָהַל (tsa.hal) — to shine. (Hiphil) to make shining
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Sounds | verb qal
to neigh = action by which horses utter a prolonged cry; ≈ sometimes associated with a man's desire for another man's wife
verb
Shine | verb hif
to cause to shine = causative action by which oil, when applied to the body, makes it shine; ≈ associated with happiness
1 JER 50:11 MT-K 2 sg. | MT-Q 2 pl.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צָהַל] vb. neigh, cry shrilly base
[צָהַל] vb. Hiph. make shining;—ψ 104:15. ref