Strong's Lexicon

H5549

H5549 — סָלַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewcalalverb-stemOccurrences: 12TWOT: 1506

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5549
Word:סָלַל
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:12
Transliteration:calal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:saw-lal'
Meaning:1. to mound up (especially a turnpike) 2. figurative, to exalt 3. reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
KJV Renderings:cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5612

I. [סָלַל] verb lift up, cast up (Late Hebrew סִלְסֵל esteem highly, סִלְסוּל loftiness, distinction; סוּלָּם ladder; ᵑ7 סוּלְּמָא id.; MI26 מסלת highway; Phoenician סלמת stair (?) Lzb329; Assyrian sellu , sillu, perhaps breast-works DlHWB 501; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3587] is draw out, forth Lane1395 = שָׁלַל, but [untranscribed source text 3588] ladder (a loan-word according to SchwZMG liii (1899), 197), compare סֻלָּם; see also ‰rry , siege-wall, Egyptian loan-word from סֹלְלָה according to WMMAs.u.Eur.101); —

Qal Imperfect וַיָּסֹ֫לּוּ Job 19:12; Job 30:12 Imperative masculine plural סֹ֫לּוּ Isa 57:14 + 4 t.; suffix סָלּוּהָ Jer 50:26 (compare סֶ֫לָה); Passive participle סְלוּלָה Jer 18:15 סְלֻלָה Prov 15:19
1. cast up a highway: מְסִלָּה ׳ ס Isa 62:10 (twice in verse), without object Isa 57:14 (twice in verse), דֶּרֶךְ לֹא סְלוּלָה Jer 18:15 figurative of path of upright Prov 15:19.
2. cast up a way: דֶּרֶךְ with על against, Job 19:12 (of besieger, in figure), ארה Job 30:12 (of besetting foe); Babylonian as a heap of garbage Jer 50:26.
3. lift up (a song) Ps 68:5, with לְ person (|| שׁיר, זמּר; most as 1.).
Pilpel Imperative suffix סַלְסְלֶהָ Prov 4:8 exalt her (i.e. Wisdom), i.e. (compare Toy) esteem highly, prize.
Hithpa`el Participle מִסְתּוֺלֵל Exod 9:17 ( J ) exalt oneself, with בְּ against (denominative from סֹלְלָה according to Gerber52); compare Eccl 39:24 ; Eccl 40:28 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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