Strong's Lexicon

H5560

H5560 — סוֹלֶת

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

Hebrewcolethnoun femOccurrences: 53TWOT: 1512

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5560
Word:סוֹלֶת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to strip
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:53
Transliteration:coleth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:so'-leth
Meaning:1. flour (as chipped off)
KJV Renderings:(fine) flour, meal.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5628

סֹ֫לֶת53 noun feminine Lev 2:5 (compare on gender AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 106) fine flour ( ᵐ5 σεμίδαλις, ᵑ9 simila) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סוּלְתָּא; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3599] a kind of barley without husks Lane1401; Assyrian sillatu , or šillatu , a kind of grain (?) Meissner-RostBAS iii, 361 ; also ¾ul¾a, ¾uruti , flour, as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi84 WMMAs.u.Eur.101); — absolute ׳ ס Gen 18:6 +, construct ׳ ס Exod 29:9 +; suffix סָלְתָּהּ Lev 2:2 — fine flour, used in king's household 1Kgs 5:2 (|| קֵמַח), for honoured guests ׳ קֶמַח ס Gen 18:6 ( J ), a se'ah of it sold for a shekel in time of scarcity 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:16; 2Kgs 7:18 (see Benz); luxurious food Ezek 16:13; Ezek 16:19 (of Jerusalem under figure of woman); elsewhere only in offerings Ezek 46:14; 1Chr 9:29; 1Chr 23:29, and P ; חִטִּים ׳ ס Exod 29:2, ׳ ס Exod 29:40, Lev 2:1 + 13 t. Leviticus; Num 6:15 + 26 t. Numbers.


סַם see סמם .


Other Resources

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

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