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Strong's #5537 - סָלָא
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- to weigh, compare
- (Pual)
- to be weighed
- weighed (participle)
- (Pual)
- Book
- Word
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this Strong's Number
1334) lx (סל SL) AC: Lift CO: Basket AB: Compare
A) lx (סל SL) AC: ? CO: Basket AB: ?: Carried by lifting it up on the head.
Nm) lx (סל SL) - Basket: KJV (15): basket - Strongs: H5536 (סַל)
lf1) elxlx (סלסלה SLSLH) - Basket: KJV (1): basket - Strongs: H5552 (סַלְסִלָּה)
B) llx (סלל SLL) AC: Lift CO: High AB: ?
V) llx (סלל SLL) - Lift: KJV (12): (vf: Paal, Pilpel) cast, raise, exalt, extol, plain - Strongs: H5549 (סָלַל)
gf1) ellfx (סוללה SWLLH) - Bank: A raised mound of soil for defenses. KJV (11): mount, bank - Strongs: H5550 (סוֹלְלָה)
adm) lflxm (מסלול MSLWL) - Highway: A road constructed above the surrounding area. KJV (1): highway - Strongs: H4547 (מַסְלוּל)
E) alx (סלא SLA) AC: Compare CO: ? AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
V) alx (סלא SLA) - Compare: KJV (1): (vf: Pual, Participle) comparable - Strongs: H5537 (סָלָא)
H) elx (סלה SLH) AC: Lift CO: ? AB: ?
V) elx (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)
Nm) elx (סלה SLH) - Selah: A musical term possibly a lifting of the sound. KJV (74): selah - Strongs: H5542 (סֶלָה)
J) lfx (סול SWL) AC: ? CO: Ladder AB: ?
Nf2 ) tlfx (סולת SWLT) - Flour: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (53): flour - Strongs: H5560 (סֹלֶת)
pm) mlfx (סולמ SWLM) - Ladder: Used to raise up. KJV (1): ladder - Strongs: H5551 (סֻלָּם)
K) flx (סלו SLW) AC: Fly CO: ? AB: ?
Nf ) flx (סלו SLW) - Quail: A bird that lifts up quickly. [df: wlV wylV] KJV (4): quail - Strongs: H7958 (שְׂלָיו)
M) lix (סיל SYL) AC: Lift CO: Thorn AB: ?
jm ) nflix (סילונ SYLWN) - Thorn: [Unknown connection to root] KJV (2): brier, thorn - Strongs: H5544 (סַלּוֹן)
kf1) elixm (מסילה MSYLH) - Highway: A road constructed above the surrounding area. KJV (27): highway, causeway, path, way, course, terrace - Strongs: H4546 (מְסִלָּה)
Adopted Roots:
- A2460 Lbx (Carry, Burden)
- A2481 Dlx (Lift)
- A2482 Hlx (Forgive)
- A2483 Mlx (Garment)
- A2484 Olx (High, Cliff)
- A2486 Qlx (Ascend)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Pu`al Participle הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּמָּ֑ז Lamentations 4:2 they who were weighed against gold, reckoned of such value. — compare also II.סלה.
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.]