5549. salal

Strong's Concordance

salal: to lift up, cast up

Original Word: סָלַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: salal
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-lal')
Definition: to lift up, cast up

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to lift up, cast up
NASB Translation
build (6), exalt (1), highway (1), highway* (1), lift (1), pile (1), prize (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [סָלַל] verb lift up, cast up (Late Hebrew סִלְסֵל esteem highly, סִלְסוּל loftiness, distinction; סוּלָּם ladder; ᵑ7 סוּלְּמָא id.; MI²⁶ מסלת highway; Phoenician סלמת stair (?) Lzb³²⁹; Assyrian sellu, sillu, perhaps breast-works Dl^{HWB 501}; Arabic is draw out, forth Lane¹³⁹⁵ = שָׁלַל, but ladder (a loan-word according to Schw^{ZMG liii (1899), 197}), compare סֻלָּם; see also ‰rry, siege-wall, Egyptian loan-word from סֹלְלָה according to WMM^As.u.Eur.101); —

Qal Imperfect וַיָּסֹ֫לּוּ Job 19:12; Job 30:12; Imperative masculine plural סֹ֫לּוּ Isaiah 57:14 4t.; 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).

Pilpel Imperative suffix סַלְסְלֶהָ Proverbs 4:8 exalt her (i.e. Wisdom), i.e. (compare Toy) esteem highly, prize.

Hithpa`el Participle מִסְתּוֺלֵל Exodus 9:17 (J) exalt oneself, with בְּ against (denominative from סֹלְלָה according to Gerber⁵²); compare Ecclus 39:24; Ecclus 40:28.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cast up, exalt self, extol, make plain, raise up

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.

Forms and Transliterations

וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ ויסלו מִסְתּוֹלֵ֣ל מסתולל סְלֻלָֽה׃ סְלוּלָֽה׃ סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ סָלּ֥וּהָ סֹ֖לּוּ סֹ֡לּוּ סֹ֣לּוּ סֹ֤לּוּ סֹֽלּוּ־ סלו סלו־ סלוה סלולה׃ סללה׃ סלסלה mis·tō·w·lêl mistoLel mistōwlêl sāl·lū·hā sal·sə·le·hā salLuha sāllūhā salseLeha salsəlehā sə·lu·lāh sə·lū·lāh seluLah səlulāh səlūlāh sōl·lū sōl·lū- Sollu sōllū sōllū- vaiyaSollu way·yā·sōl·lū wayyāsōllū

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 9:17
HEB: עוֹדְךָ֖ מִסְתּוֹלֵ֣ל בְּעַמִּ֑י לְבִלְתִּ֖י
NAS: Still you exalt yourself against My people
KJV: As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people,
INT: Still exalt my people not

Job 19:12
HEB: יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם
NAS: together, And build up their way
KJV: together, and raise up their way
INT: come his troops and build against their way

Job 30:12
HEB: רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת
NAS: aside my feet and build up against
KJV: my feet, and they raise up against me the ways
INT: my feet thrust and build against their ways

Psalm 68:4
HEB: זַמְּר֪וּ שְׁ֫מ֥וֹ סֹ֡לּוּ לָרֹכֵ֣ב בָּ֭עֲרָבוֹת
NAS: to His name; Lift up [a song] for Him who rides
KJV: to his name: extol him that rideth
INT: sing to his name Lift rides the deserts

Proverbs 4:8
HEB: סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּ תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָ
NAS: Prize her, and she will exalt
KJV: Exalt her, and she shall promote
INT: Prize will exalt will honor

Proverbs 15:19
HEB: וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃
NAS: of the upright is a highway.
KJV: of the righteous [is] made plain.
INT: the path of the upright highway

Isaiah 57:14
HEB: וְאָמַ֥ר סֹֽלּוּ־ סֹ֖לּוּ פַּנּוּ־
NAS: And it will be said, Build up, build
KJV: And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up,
INT: will be said Build build prepare

Isaiah 57:14
HEB: וְאָמַ֥ר סֹֽלּוּ־ סֹ֖לּוּ פַּנּוּ־ דָ֑רֶךְ
NAS: Build up, build up, prepare
KJV: Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare
INT: will be said Build build prepare the way

Isaiah 62:10
HEB: דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָעָ֑ם סֹ֣לּוּ סֹ֤לּוּ הַֽמְסִלָּה֙
NAS: for the people; Build up, build
KJV: of the people; cast up, cast up
INT: the way the people Build build the highway

Isaiah 62:10
HEB: הָעָ֑ם סֹ֣לּוּ סֹ֤לּוּ הַֽמְסִלָּה֙ סַקְּל֣וּ
NAS: Build up, build up the highway,
KJV: cast up, cast up the highway;
INT: the people Build build the highway Remove

Jeremiah 18:15
HEB: דֶּ֖רֶךְ לֹ֥א סְלוּלָֽה׃
KJV: in paths, [in] a way not cast up;
INT: their ways cast up

Jeremiah 50:26
HEB: פִּתְח֣וּ מַאֲבֻסֶ֔יהָ סָלּ֥וּהָ כְמוֹ־ עֲרֵמִ֖ים
NAS: up her barns, Pile her up like
KJV: her storehouses: cast her up as heaps,
INT: Open her barns Pile like heaps

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5549
12 Occurrences

mis·tō·w·lêl — 1 Occ.
sāl·lū·hā — 1 Occ.
sal·sə·le·hā — 1 Occ.
sə·lu·lāh — 2 Occ.
sōl·lū — 5 Occ.
way·yā·sōl·lū — 2 Occ.