סָלַלçâlal
lift up, cast up
Pronunciation: saw-lal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5549
Meanings
Qal
1. cast up a highway (Isaiah 62:10; Isaiah 57:14; Jeremiah 18:15)
2. cast up a way (Job 19:12; Job 30:12; Jeremiah 50:26)
3. lift up, (a song) (Psalms 68:5)
Pilpel: exalt, i.e., esteem highly, prize. (Proverbs 4:8)
Hithpa`el: exalt oneself (Exodus 9:17; Ecclesiastes 39:24; Ecclesiastes 40:28)
Same root
- מְסִלָּהmᵉçillâh · H4546a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
- מַסְלוּלmaçlûwl · H4547a thoroughfare (as turnpiked)
- סַלçal · H5536properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), i.e. an osier; but only as woven into abasket
- סִלָּאÇillâʼ · H5538Silla, a place in Jerusalem
- סֹלְלָהçôlᵉlâh · H5550a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers
- סֻלָּםçullâm · H5551a stair-case
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 9:17 But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go.
- Job 19:12 His troops advance. They build up roads to attack me. They camp all around my tent.
- Job 30:12 These outcasts oppose me to my face. They send me sprawling and lay traps in my path.
- Psalms 68:4 Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord— rejoice in his presence!
- Proverbs 4:8 If you prize wisdom, she will make you great. Embrace her, and she will honor you.
- Proverbs 15:19 A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers, but the path of the upright is an open highway.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).