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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
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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

H5549

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - As yet exaltest H5549 thou thyself against my people, H5971 that thou wilt not let them go? H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12 - His troops H1416 come H935 together, H3162 and raise up H5549 their way H1870 against me, and encamp H2583 round about H5439 my tabernacle. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 - Upon my right H3225 hand rise H6965 the youth; H6526 they push away H7971 my feet, H7272 and they raise up H5549 against me the ways H734 of their destruction. H343

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:4 - Sing H7891 unto God, H430 sing praises H2167 to his name: H8034 extol H5549 him that rideth H7392 upon the heavens H6160 by his name H8034 JAH, H3050 and rejoice H5937 before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - Exalt H5549 her, and she shall promote H7311 thee: she shall bring thee to honour, H3513 when thou dost embrace H2263 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way H1870 of the slothful H6102 man is as an hedge H4881 of thorns: H2312 but the way H734 of the righteous H3477 is made plain. H5549

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:14 - And shall say, H559 Cast ye up, H5549 cast ye up, H5549 prepare H6437 the way, H1870 take up H7311 the stumblingblock H4383 out of the way H1870 of my people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:10 - Go through, H5674 go through H5674 the gates; H8179 prepare H6437 ye the way H1870 of the people; H5971 cast up, H5549 cast up H5549 the highway; H4546 gather out H5619 the stones; H68 lift up H7311 a standard H5251 for the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - Because my people H5971 hath forgotten H7911 me, they have burned incense H6999 to vanity, H7723 and they have caused them to stumble H3782 in their ways H1870 from the ancient H5769 paths, H7635 H7635 to walk H3212 in paths, H5410 in a way H1870 not cast up; H5549

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 - Come H935 against her from the utmost border, H7093 open H6605 her storehouses: H3965 cast her up H5549 as heaps, H6194 and destroy her utterly: H2763 let nothing of her be left. H7611
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