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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5537 - סָלָא

Transliteration

çâlâʼ

Phonetics

saw-law'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1500

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to weigh, compare
1. (Pual)
  1. to be weighed
  2. weighed (participle)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1869 ‑ ἐπαίρω (ep‑ahee'‑ro);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Lamentations 1

BSB (1)

Lamentations 1

CSB (1)

Lamentations 1

ESV (1)

Lamentations 1

KJV (1)

Lamentations 1

LEB (1)

Lamentations 1

LSB (1)

Lamentations 1

N95 (1)

Lamentations 1

NAS (1)

Lamentations 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Lamentations 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1334) l x (סל SL) AC: Lift CO: Basket AB: Compare

A) l x (סל SL) AC: ? CO: Basket AB: ?: Carried by lifting it up on the head.

N^m) l x (סל SL) - Basket: KJV (15): basket - Strongs: H5536 (סַל)

l^f1) e l x l x (סלסלה SLSLH) - Basket: KJV (1): basket - Strongs: H5552 (סַלְסִלָּה)

B) l l x (סלל SLL) AC: Lift CO: High AB: ?

V) l l x (סלל SLL) - Lift: KJV (12): (vf: Paal, Pilpel) cast, raise, exalt, extol, plain - Strongs: H5549 (סָלַל)

g^f1) e l l f x (סוללה SWLLH) - Bank: A raised mound of soil for defenses. KJV (11): mount, bank - Strongs: H5550 (סוֹלְלָה)

ad^m) l f l x m (מסלול MSLWL) - Highway: A road constructed above the surrounding area. KJV (1): highway - Strongs: H4547 (מַסְלוּל)

E) a l x (סלא SLA) AC: Compare CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

V) a l x (סלא SLA) - Compare: KJV (1): (vf: Pual, Participle) comparable - Strongs: H5537 (סָלָא)

H) e l x (סלה SLH) AC: Lift CO: ? AB: ?

V) e l x (סלה SLH) - Lift: To lift up as something of value or to be thrown away. KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel) value, trodden - Strongs: H5541 (סָלָה)

N^m) e l x (סלה SLH) - Selah: A musical term possibly a lifting of the sound. KJV (74): selah - Strongs: H5542 (סֶלָה)

J) l f x (סול SWL) AC: ? CO: Ladder AB: ?

N^f2 ) t l f x (סולת SWLT) - Flour: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (53): flour - Strongs: H5560 (סֹלֶת)

p^m) m l f x (סולמ SWLM) - Ladder: Used to raise up. KJV (1): ladder - Strongs: H5551 (סֻלָּם)

K) f l x (סלו SLW) AC: Fly CO: ? AB: ?

N^f ) f l x (סלו SLW) - Quail: A bird that lifts up quickly. [df: wlV wylV] KJV (4): quail - Strongs: H7958 (שְׂלָיו)

M) l i x (סיל SYL) AC: Lift CO: Thorn AB: ?

j^m ) n f l i x (סילונ SYLWN) - Thorn: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (2): brier, thorn - Strongs: H5544 (סַלּוֹן)

k^f1) e l i x m (מסילה MSYLH) - Highway: A road constructed above the surrounding area. KJV (27): highway, causeway, path, way, course, terrace - Strongs: H4546 (מְסִלָּה)

Adopted Roots:

A2460 L b x (Carry, Burden)
A2481 D l x (Lift)
A2482 H l x (Forgive)
A2483 M l x (Garment)
A2484 O l x (High, Cliff)
A2486 Q l x (Ascend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[סָלָא] verb weigh (Arabic

pay promptly Lane¹³⁹⁸; compare Sabean סלא consecrate, devote Hom^{ZMG xivi (1892), 531; Süd-Arab. Chrest. 124}); — only

Pu`al Participle הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּמָּ֑ז Lamentations 4:2 they who were weighed against gold, reckoned of such value. — compare also II.סלה.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָלָא

(1) pr. i.q. סָלָה, סָלַל No. I, to lift up.

(2) specially to suspend a balance (compare נָשָׂא Job 6:2); hence to weigh (compare Lat. pendeo and pendo). Once found in

Pual, pass. Lamentations 4:2, הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּפָּז “who are weighed with fine gold,” i.e. are equal or comparable to fine gold.

[Derivatives, pr.n. סָלוּא, סַלּוּא and סַלּוּ.]

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List of Word Forms

הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים המסלאים ham·sul·lā·’îm hamsullā’îm hamsullaIm