צֶלַע m. (b. h.; preced.) halting; fall, sin. Pesik. R. s. 13 (v. preced.) יושבים … הצ׳ לבוא עלי they sit and look out, when I come to fall, that they may come against me. Midr. Till. to Ps. III (ref. to בצלע, II Sam. XVI, 13) מזכיר לו מעשה הצ׳ he (Shimei) reminded him (David) of the story of the fall (David’s crime); Yalk. Sam. 151.
צֶלַע
Gloss
צֶלַע m. (b. h.; preced. ) halting; fall, sin . Pesik. R. s. 13 (v. preced. ) יושבים … הצ׳ לבוא עלי they sit and look out, when I come to fall, that…
References
- Jastrow, צָלַע 1
- Pesikta Rabbati 13
- Midrash Tehillim 3:3
- II Samuel 16:13
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 151