צלל

Hebrew
Root
צ־ל־ל (ṣ-l-l)

Verb

צָלַל • (tsalál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to dive (to swim under water, to descend sharply or steeply)
    • Tanach, Exodus 15:10, with translation of the New International Version:
      נָשַׁפְתָּ בְרוּחֲךָ כִּסָּמֹו יָם צָֽלֲלוּ כַּֽעֹופֶרֶת בְּמַיִם אַדִּירִֽים׃
      [But] you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Conjugation
Conjugation of צָלַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לצלול / לִצְלֹל
  • action noun: צְלִילָה
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first צָלַלְתִּיצָלַלְנוּ
second צָלַלְתָּצָלַלְתְּצְלַלְתֶּם1צְלַלְתֶּן1
third צָלַלצָלְלָהצָלְלוּ
present צוֹלֵלצוֹלֶלֶתצוֹלְלִיםצוֹלְלוֹת
future first אצלול / אֶצְלֹלנצלול / נִצְלֹל
second תצלול / תִּצְלֹלתִּצְלְלִיתִּצְלְלוּתצלולנה / תִּצְלֹלְנָה2
third יצלול / יִצְלֹלתצלול / תִּצְלֹליִצְלְלוּתצלולנה / תִּצְלֹלְנָה2
imperative צלול / צְלֹלצִלְלִיצִלְלוּצלולנה / צְלֹלְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced צָלַלְתֶּם and צָלַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
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