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צלע

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Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Compare Arabic ضِلْع (ḍilʕ).

Noun

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צֵלׇע (tseláf (plural indefinite צְלָעוֹת)

  1. A rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, that is, leaf); hence a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, that is, quarter); architecturally a timber (especially floor or ceiling) or plank (single or collectively, that is, a flooring): - beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
  2. (geometry) an edge

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Etymology 2

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Root
צ־ל־ע (ts-l-ʿ)

Verb

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צָלַע (tsalá') (pa'al construction)

  1. to limp
Conjugation
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