סָלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5541

make light of — used 2 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

make light of tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סָלָה: vb. make light of, toss aside tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. make light of, toss aside (cf. Assyrian salû, throw off, shake off (yoke) Dl500; Arabic سلو, سَلَا is be forgetful, neglectful Lane1417 Aramaic סְלָא despise, ܣܠܴܐ reject);— Pf. 2 ms. סָלִיתָ ψ 119:118 thou dost make light of all those that err from thy statutes.—Cf. also סַלּוֹן infr. intens. Pf. 3 ms. סִלָּה La 1:15 Adonay hath flouted at my mighty ones.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he has thrown away (1); you reject (1).

In the verses

Psalms 119:118 · tree →

סָ֭לִיתָ כָּל־שׁוֹגִ֣ים מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ כִּי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃

Word for word: you.reject all [those.who].go.astray from decrees your (dm) [is].falsehood deceitfulness their

JPS 1917: Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; for their deceit is vain.

Lamentations 1:15 · tree →

סִלָּ֨ה כָל־אַבִּירַ֤י ׀ אֲדֹנָי֙ בְּקִרְבִּ֔י קָרָ֥א עָלַ֛י מוֹעֵ֖ד לִשְׁבֹּ֣ר בַּחוּרָ֑י גַּ֚ת דָּרַ֣ךְ אֲדֹנָ֔י לִבְתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־יְהוּדָֽה׃ס

Word for word: he.has.thrown.away all my.mighty [ones] Lord [the] in midst my he.has.proclaimed on me an.appointed.meeting to break men my.young a.winepress he.has.trodden Lord [the] for the.virgin of.the.daughter of.Judah

JPS 1917: The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin the daughter of Judah.'

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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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