H4698 H4698
bells, small bells attached to horses for adornment or ritual purposes
These are small bells, specifically those attached to horses. The sole occurrence in Zechariah 14:20 envisions a day when even the bells on horses will be inscribed 'Holy to the Lord', signifying the sanctification of all aspects of life—even mundane or military equipment. The term derives from a root associated with tinkling or ringing sounds. Spanish 'cascabeles' and English 'bells' capture the acoustic essence of these ornamental or functional objects.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Small bells affixed to horses, likely for decoration, identification, or ceremonial use. Zechariah's eschatological vision uses these bells as a symbol of pervasive holiness, where even ordinary items associated with animals will bear sacred inscriptions. The multilingual glosses uniformly point to bells or similar tinkling ornaments. 1×
AR["أَجْرَاسِ"]·ben["ঘণ্টা"]·DE["[מצלות]"]·EN["bells-of"]·FR["clochette"]·heb["מצילות"]·HI["घंटियों"]·ID["lonceng-lonceng"]·IT["[מצלות]"]·jav["klintingan"]·KO["방울들이"]·PT["guizos-dos"]·RU["бубенцах"]·ES["cascabeles-de"]·SW["kengele-za"]·TR["çıngırakları"]·urd["گھنٹیوں"]
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
† [מְצִלָּה] n.f. bell (from tinkling);—pl. cstr. מְצִלּוֹת הַסּוּס Zc 14:20.