1. Ziklag (proper noun, city in the Negev) — The proper noun Tsiqlag (Ziklag) refers to a single Philistine city in the Negev given to David by Achish of Gath (1 Samuel 27:6). All four clusters are the same toponym with purely syntactic variation: bare name (Tsiqlag), with conjunctive waw and preposition beth (we-be-Tsiqlag 'and in Ziklag'), with preposition beth alone (be-Tsiqlag 'in Ziklag'), and with preposition lamed (le-Tsiqlag 'to Ziklag'). Transliterations confirm identity across languages: Arabic Siqlag (صقلغ), Spanish Siclag, Korean 시글락, Swahili Siklagi, and Hindi Siklag (सिक्लग). No semantic ambiguity exists. 15×
AR["صِقلاغَ","صِقلاغُ","صِقلَغَ","صِيقْلَج","فِي-صِقْلَغَ","لِصِيقْلَج","وَ-صِقْلاجُ","وَ-صِقْلَغُ","وَ-في-صِقلَج","وَ-فِي-صِقْلَجَ"]·ben["-তে-সিক্লগ","-সিক্লগে","আর-সিক্লগে","এবং-সিকলাগ","এবং-সিক্লগ","ও-সিক্লগে","সিকলগ","সিকলগে","সিকলগের"]·DE["Ziklag","[ובציקלג]","[ובצקלג]","[לציקלג]","[ציקלג]","in-Tsiqlag","und-Tsiqlag","und-Tziklag"]·EN["Tsiklag","Ziklag","and-Tsiqlag","and-Tziklag","and-in-Tsiqlag","in-Tsiqlag","to-Tsiklag"]·FR["Tsiklag","[ובציקלג]","[ובצקלג]","[לציקלג]","[ציקלג]","dans-Tsiqlag","et-Tsiqlag","et-Tziklag"]·heb["ב-צקלג","ו-ב-צקלג","ו-צקלג","ובציקלג","ל-ציקלג","ציקלג","צקלג"]·HI["और-सिकलाग-में","और-सिक्लग","और-सिक्लग-में","तसिक्लग","सिकलग","सिकलग-में"]·ID["Ziklag","dan-Ziklag","dan-di-Ziklag","di-Ziklag","ke-Ziklag"]·IT["Ziklag","[ובציקלג]","[ובצקלג]","[לציקלג]","[ציקלג]","e-Tsiqlag","e-Tziklag","in-Tsiqlag"]·jav["Lan-ing-Ziklag","Ziklag","ing-Ziklag","lan-Ziklag","lan-ing-Siklag","wonten-ing-Ziklag"]·KO["그-와-에-시글락","그리고-시글락","그리고-시르라그-에서","스글락","스글락에","스글락을","스글락이","시글락","시글락에","시클락에서","에-시글락"]·PT["Tsiqlag","a-Tsiqlag","e-Tsiqlag","e-em-Tsiqlag","e-em-Tziklag","em-Tsiqlag","para-Tsiqlag"]·RU["И-Циклаг","Циклаг","в-Циклаг","в-Циклаге","и-Циклаг","и-в-Циклаге"]·ES["Siclag","Y-en-Siclag","a-Siclag","en-Tsiqlag","y-Siclag","y-en-Tsiqlag"]·SW["Siklagi","katika-Siklagi","na-Siklagi","na-huko-Siklagi","na-katika-Siklagi"]·TR["Tsiklag","Tsiklag'a","Tsiklag'da","Tsiklag'ı","ve-Tsiklag","ve-Tsiklag'da"]·urd["اور-صقلج","اور-صقلج-میں","اور-میں-صقلج","صقلاج","صقلاج-میں","صقلج","صقلج-میں","ضقلاج-میں"]
Josh 15:31, Josh 19:5, 1 Sam 27:6, 1 Sam 27:6, 1 Sam 30:1, 1 Sam 30:1, 1 Sam 30:1, 1 Sam 30:14, 1 Sam 30:26, 2 Sam 1:1, 2 Sam 4:10, 1 Chr 4:30 (+3 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צִֽקְלַג and (1 Ch 12:1, 21 צִיק׳) n.pr.loc. (צִֽקְלָ֑ג 1 S 27:6 a +, צִֽקְלָג֖ 2 S 2:1, צִיקְלָ֔ג 1 Ch 12:1);—assigned to Judah Jos 15:31, to Simeon 19:5; Philistine city given to David 1 S 27:6(×2); 30:1(×3), 14, 26; 2 S 1:1; 4:10; 1 Ch 4:30; 12:1, 21 (van d. H. v 20); Σεκελακ, Σικελαγ, etc.; usually identified with Zuheilikah, 19 miles SW. from Bêt Jibrin, 11 miles ESE. from Gaza (cf. BuhlGeogr. 185).