סָלַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5549

lift up — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

lift up tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סָלַל: vb. lift up, cast up Hithpôʿ. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. lift up, cast up (NH סִלְסֵל esteem highly, סִלְסוּל loftiness, distinction; סוּלָּם ladder; 𝔗 סוּלְּמָא id.; MI26 מסלת highway; Ph. סלמת stair (?) Lzb329; Assyrian sellu, sillu, perhaps breast-works DlHWB 501; but سُلَّمٌ ladder (a loan-wd. according to SchwallyZMG liii (1899), 197), cf. סֻלָּם; v. also ṭrry, siege-wall, Egyptian loan-word from סֹלְלָה according to WMMAs. u. Eur. 101);— Impf. וַיָּסֹ֫לּוּ Jb 19:12; 30:12 Imv. mpl. סֹ֫לּוּ Is 57:14 + 4 times; sf. סָלּוּהָ Je 50:26 (cf. סֶ֫לָה); Pt. pass. סְלוּלָה Je 18:15; סְלֻלָה Pr 15:19;— cast up a highway: ס׳ מְסִלָּה Is 62:10(×2), without obj. Is 57:14(×2), דֶּרֶךְ לֹא סְלוּלָה Je 18:15; fig. of path of upright Pr 15:19. cast up a way: דֶּרֶךְ, c. על against, Jb 19:12 (of besieger, in fig.), ארה Jb 30:12 (of besetting foe); Bab. as a heap of garbage Je 50:26. lift up (a song) ψ 68:5, c. לְ pers. (‖ שׁיר, זמּר; most as 1). Imv. sf. סַלְסְלֶהָ Pr 4:8 exalt her (i.e. Wisdom), i.e. (cf. Toy) esteem highly, prize. Hithpôʿ. Pt. מִסְתּוֹלֵל Ex 9:17 (J) exalt oneself, c. בְּ against (denom. from סֹלְלָה according to Gerber 52); cf. Ecclus 39:24; 40:28.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cast up (5); they have cast up (2); [are] exalting yourself (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 15:19 · tree →

דֶּ֣רֶךְ עָ֭צֵל כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃

Word for word: [the].way of.a.sluggard [is].like a.hedge of.thorn[s] and.[the] path of.upright.[people] [is].cast.up

JPS 1917: The way of the sluggard is as though hedged by thorns; but the path of the upright is even.

Exodus 9:17 · tree →

עוֹדְךָ֖ מִסְתּוֹלֵ֣ל בְּעַמִּ֑י לְבִלְתִּ֖י שַׁלְּחָֽם׃

Word for word: still you [are].exalting.yourself on people my to not to let.them.go

JPS 1917: As yet exaltest thou thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go?

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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