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Strong's #681 - אֵצֶל
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- Strong
1) beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity
2) (BDB) (substantive)
2a) conjunction, proximity
2b) beside, in proximity, contiguous to, from beside
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1403) ly (תסל TsL) AC: ? CO: Shadow AB: ?: A place of shadows.
A) ly (תסל TsL) AC: ? CO: Shadow AB: ?
Nm ) ly (תסל TsL) - Shadow: KJV (49): shadow, defense, shade - Strongs: H6738 (צֵל)
kf1) elfym (מתסולה MTsWLH) - Shade: KJV (1): bottom - Strongs: H4699 (מְצֻלָּה)
elm) lyliy (תסילתסל TsYLTsL) - I. Shadow: II. Locust:The flying swarm causes a large shadow. III. Sp [df: lulu] KJV (6): locust, spear, shadowing - Strongs: H6767 (צִלְצָל)
B) lly (תסלל TsLL) AC: Sink CO: Shade AB: ?
V) lly (תסלל TsLL) - I. Sink:From the darkness of depth. II. Shadow:KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) sink, shadow, dark - Strongs: H6749 (צָלַל), H6751 (צָלַל)
Nm) lly (תסלל TsLL) - Shadow: KJV (4): shadow - Strongs: H6752 (צֵלֶל)
dm) lfly (תסלול TsLWL) - Cake: As becoming dark when cooked. KJV (2): cake - Strongs: H6742 (צְלוּל)
C) lya (אתסל ATsL) AC: ? CO: Near AB: ?
V) lya (אתסל ATsL) - Set-aside: To reserve or put aside something in the sense of keeping in the shadow. KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) take, reserve, keep, straighten - Strongs: H680 (אָצַל)
Nm) lya (אתסל ATsL) - N |kjv: by, beside, near, at, with, from, against, close, to, toward, unto - Strongs: H681 (אֵצֶל)
bf ) liya (אתסיל ATsYL) - Noble: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (2): noble, chief - Strongs: H678 (אָצִיל)
bf1) eliya (אתסילה ATsYLH) - Joint: The joint in the arm, either the elbow or armpit. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (3): hole, great - Strongs: H679 (אַצִּיל)
D) lay (תסאל TsAL) AC: ? CO: Tree AB: ?: What casts a shadow of shade.
Nm) lay (תסאל TsAL) - Tree: KJV (2): tree - Strongs: H6628 (צֶאֱלִים)
E) aly (תסלא TsLA) AC: Pray CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]
V) aly (תסלא TsLA) - Pray: [Aramaic only] KJV (2): (vf: Paal) pray - Strongs: H6739 (צְלָה)
F) lye (התסל HTsL) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Escape: A hiding in the shadows.
Nf1) lye (התסל HTsL) - Escape: KJV (1): deliverance - Strongs: H2020 (הַצָּלָה)
G) ley (תסהל TsHL) AC: Shout CO: ? AB: ?: The shouting of a voice in joy or singing. Also the neighing of a horse or bull as a shouting. [Unknown connection to root;]
V) ley (תסהל TsHL) - Shout: KJV (9): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) cry, bellow, neigh, rejoice, shine, shout, lift - Strongs: H6670 (צָהַל)
hf1) eleym (מתסהלה MTsHLH) - Shouting: KJV (2): neighing - Strongs: H4684 (מִצְהָלוֹת)
H) ely (תסלה TsLH) AC: Roast CO: ? AB: ?: A roast becomes dark when cooked.
V) ely (תסלה TsLH) - Roast: KJV (3): (vf: Paal) roast - Strongs: H6740 (צָלָה)
fm) ily (תסלי TsLY) - Roast: KJV (3): roast - Strongs: H6748 (צָלִי)
J) lfy (תסול TsWL) AC: ? CO: Deep AB: ?: The deep ocean as a place of darkness.
Nf1) elfy (תסולה TsWLH) - Deep: KJV (1): deep - Strongs: H6683 (צוּלָה)
kf1) elfym (מתסולה MTsWLH) - Deep: KJV (11): deep, depth, bottom - Strongs: H4688 (מְצוּלָה)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
preposition a. (as an implicit accusative) in proximity to (as though 
Lag BN 68), beside: Genesis 39:10,15; Genesis 41:3 and stood אֵצֶל הַמַּרוֺת beside the kine, 1 Samuel 5:2 אֵצֶל דָּגוֺן beside Dagon, 1 Kings 13:24,25; 1 Kings 21:1; Proverbs 8:30; Ezekiel 1:15,19; Ezekiel 33:30; Ezekiel 39:15; often in phrase (׳י׳מ) אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Leviticus 1:16; Leviticus 6:3; Deuteronomy 16:21; 1 Kings 2:29; Amos 2:8 +; of a locality (compare II. אֵת 2) Deuteronomy 11:30 beside the terebinths of Moreh, 1 Kings 1:9; 1 Kings 4:12; Jeremiah 41:17. After a verb of motion (late) Daniel 8:7,17; compare 2 Chronicles 28:15b.
b. withמִן, מֵאֵצֶל from proximity to, from beside (compare מֵאֵת, מֵעִם): 1 Samuel 20:41 (read with ᵐ5מֵאֵצֶל הָאַרְגָּב from beside the mound); Ezekiel 40:7 contiguous to, beside (מִן 3 c); with suffix 1 Samuel 17:30 וַיָּסָב מֵאֶצְלוֺ and he turned about from beside him, 1 Kings 3:20; 1 Kings 20:36; Ezekiel 10:16.
אֵצֶל with suff. אֶצְלִי m.
(1) a side, i.q. אָצִיל No. 1, so called from joining together (see the root No. 1). 1 Samuel 20:41, מֵאֵצֶל הַנֶּגֶב “from the south side;” מֵאֵצֶל פ “from one’s side,” 1 Kings 3:20, and i.q. at any one’s side (see מִן No. 3 ), Ezekiel 40:7. Far more frequently
(2) prep. at the side, near, juxta (which is itself a jungendo), Genesis 41:3; Leviticus 1:16, 6:3 10:12 1 Samuel 5:2, 20:19. It is joined also with verbs of motion to a place, Genesis 39:10; 2 Chronicles 28:15.
