Num 14:9 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 9. Their defence ] tsillam, their shadow , a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. The protection of God is so called; see ; see also . The Arabs and Persians have the same word to express the same thing. [Persian] nemayeed zulli doulet mamdood bad . "May the shadow of thy prosperity be extended!" [Persian] nemayced zulli doulet ber mufareki khayr khwahen mamdood bad . "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers!" They have also the following elegant distich:- [Persian] [Persian] Sayahat kem mubad az seri ma Bast Allah zullikem abeda . "May thy protection never be removed from my head! May God extend thy shadow eternally!" Here the Arabic [Arabic] zull answers exactly to the Hebrew tsel , both signifying that which overspreads or overshadows . .

‏ Numbers 14:9

Verse 9. Their defence] tsillam, their shadow, a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. The protection of God is so called; see Ps 91:1; 121:5; see also Isa 51:16; 49:2; 30:2.

The Arabs and Persians have the same word to express the same thing. [Persian] nemayeed zulli doulet mamdood bad. "May the shadow of thy prosperity be extended!" [Persian] nemayced zulli doulet ber mufareki khayr khwahen mamdood bad. "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers!" They have also the following elegant distich:-

[Persian] [Persian]

Sayahat kem mubad az seri ma Bast Allah zullikem abeda.

"May thy protection never be removed from my head!

May God extend thy shadow eternally!"

Here the Arabic [Arabic] zull answers exactly to the Hebrew tsel, both signifying that which overspreads or overshadows. See Clarke on Nu 14:14.