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Lexicon :: Strong's H5549 - sālal

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סָלַל
Transliteration
sālal
Pronunciation
saw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1506

Strong’s Definitions

סָלַל çâlal, saw-lal'; a primitive root; to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam):—cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H5549 in the following manner: cast up (6x), raise up (2x), exalt (2x), extol (1x), made plain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H5549 in the following manner: cast up (6x), raise up (2x), exalt (2x), extol (1x), made plain (1x).
  1. to lift up, cast up, exalt

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cast up a highway

      2. to cast up a way

      3. to lift up (of song)

    2. (Pilpel) to exalt, esteem highly, prize

    3. (Hithpoel) to exalt oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָלַל çâlal, saw-lal'; a primitive root; to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam):—cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.
STRONGS H5549: Abbreviations
† I. [סָלַל] verb lift up, cast up (Late Hebrew סִלְסֵל esteem highly, סִלְסוּל loftiness, distinction; סוּלָּם ladder; Targum סוּלְּמָא id.; MI26 מסלת highway; Phoenician סלמת stair (?) Lzb329; Assyrian sellu, sillu, perhaps breast-works DlHWB 501; Arabic bdb069904 is draw out, forth Lane1395 = שָׁלַל, but bdb069905 ladder (a loan-word according to SchwZMG liii (1899), 197), compare סֻלָּם; see also ṭrry, 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 Isaiah 57:14 + 4 times; suffix סָלּוּהָ Jeremiah 50:26 (compare סֶ֫לָה); Passive participle סְלוּלָה Jeremiah 18:15; סְלֻלָה Proverbs 15:19; —
1. cast up a highway: מְסִלָּה ס׳ Isaiah 62:10 (twice in verse), without object Isaiah 57:14 (twice in verse), דֶּרֶךְ לֹא סְלוּלָה Jeremiah 18:15; figurative of path of upright Proverbs 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 Jeremiah 50:26.
3. lift up (a song) Psalm 68:5, with לְ person (|| שׁיר, זמּר; most as 1).
Pilp. Imperative suffix סַלְסְלֶהָ Proverbs 4:8 exalt her (i.e. Wisdom), i.e. (compare Toy) esteem highly, prize.
Hithp. Participle מִסְתּוֺלֵל Exodus 9:17 (J) exalt oneself, with בְּ against (denominative from סֹלְלָה according to Gerber52); compare Ecclus 39:24; Ecclus 40:28.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:17

Job

19:12; 19:12; 30:12; 30:12

Psalms

68:5

Proverbs

4:8; 15:19; 15:19

Isaiah

57:14; 57:14; 62:10

Jeremiah

18:15; 18:15; 50:26; 50:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5549 matches the Hebrew סָלַל (sālal),
which occurs 12 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - “Since you are still [arrogantly] exalting yourself [in defiance] against My people by not letting them go,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12 -

“His troops come together

And build up their way and siege works against me

And camp around my tent.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 -

“On my right the [rabble] brood rises;

They push my feet away, and they build up their ways of destruction against me [like an advancing army].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 -

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;

Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—

His name is the LORD—be in good spirits before Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 -

“Prize wisdom [and exalt her], and she will exalt you;

She will honor you if you embrace her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 -

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him],

But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:14 -

And it will be said,

“Build up, build up, clear the way.

Remove the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:10 -

Go through, go through the gates,

Clear the way for the people;

Build up, build up the highway,

Remove the stones, lift up a banner over the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 -

‘Yet My people have forgotten Me;

They burn incense to worthless gods,

They have stumbled from their ways

From the ancient roads,

To walk in pathways,

Not on a highway,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 -

Come against her from the farthest border.

Open her storehouses;

Pile it up like heaps of rubbish.

Burn and destroy her completely;

Let nothing be left of her.

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