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Lexicon :: Strong's H5549 - sālal

Aa
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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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - “Still H5750 you exalt H5549 yourself against My people H5971 [fn]by not letting H7971 them go H7971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:12 -

“His troops H1416 come H935 together H3162

And build H5549 up H5549 their [fn]way H1870 against H5921 me

And camp H2583 around H5439 my tent H168.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 -

“On the right H3225 hand H3225 their [fn]mob H6526 arises H6965;

They push H7971 aside my feet H7272 and pile H5549 up H5549 their ways H734 of destruction H343 against H5921 me.

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Sing H7891 to God H430, sing H2167 praises H2167 to His name H8034;

[fn]Exalt H5549 Him who rides H7392 through the deserts H6160,

Whose name H8034 is [fn]the LORD H3050, and be H5937 jubilant H5937 before H6440 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 -

“Prize H5549 her, and she will exalt H7311 you;

She will honor H3513 you if H3588 you embrace H2263 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 -

The way H1870 of the [fn]lazy H6102 one H6102 is like a hedge H4881 of thorns H2312,

But the path H734 of the upright H3477 is a highway H5549.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:14 -

And it will be said H559,

“Build H5549 up H5549, build H5549 up H5549, prepare H6437 the way H1870,

Remove H7311 every obstacle H4383 from the way H1870 of My people H5971.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:10 -

Go H5674 through H5674, go H5674 through H5674 the gates H8179,

Clear H6437 a way H1870 [fn]for the people H5971!

Build H5549 up H5549, build H5549 up H5549 the highway H4546,

Remove H5619 the stones H68, lift H7311 up H7311 a flag H5251 over H5921 the peoples H5971.

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‘For My people H5971 have forgotten H7911 Me,

They burn H6999 incense H6999 [fn]to worthless H7723 gods.

And they [fn]have stumbled H3782 in their ways H1870,

In the ancient H5769 roads H7635,

To walk H1980 on paths H5410,

Not on a highway H1870 H5549,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 -

Come H935 to her from the [fn]farthest H7093 border H7093;

Open H6605 up H6605 her barns H3965,

Pile H5549 her up H5549 like H3644 heaps H6194 of H6194 grain H6194

And [fn]completely H2763 destroy H2763 her,

Let nothing H408 be left H7611 to her.

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