H2927 H2927
to have shade, find shelter; be covered or protected from sun
A Haphel (Aramaic Hiphil) verb appearing only in Daniel 4:12 (Aramaic 4:9), describing the beasts finding shade under Nebuchadnezzar's dream-tree. The imagery is of a tree so vast that animals shelter beneath its branches. This represents the king's empire providing protection and benefit to many peoples. The verb emphasizes the tree's function as shade-provider, making the natural world dependent on its presence. When the tree is cut down, that protective covering is lost.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Daniel 4:12 uses this verb in the symbolic vision of a cosmic tree representing Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom. The Spanish 'sheltered themselves' and English 'found shade' both capture the sense of protective covering. The tree's shade represents the empire's benefits to subject peoples—when God cuts it down, that protection vanishes, leaving the beasts exposed. 1×
AR["تَسْتَظِلُّ"]·ben["ছায়া-নিত"]·DE["[תטלל]"]·EN["found-shade"]·FR["couvrir"]·heb["תצטלל"]·HI["छाया-पाते-थे"]·ID["berlindung"]·IT["[תטלל]"]·jav["ayom-"]·KO["그늘을-얻었다"]·PT["se-abrigava"]·RU["укрываются"]·ES["se-cobijaban"]·SW["walikaa-kivulini"]·TR["gölgelendi"]·urd["سایہ-کرتے-تھے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [טְלַל] vb. Haph. have shade (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH III. [צָלַל]);—Impf. 3 fs. תַּטְלֵל Dn 4:9 (beasts under tree).