◄ 5549. salal ►
Strong's Lexicon salal: To lift up, to exalt, to cast up, to build a highway Original Word: סָלַל Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: calal Pronunciation: sah-LAHL Phonetic Spelling: (saw-lal') Definition: To lift up, to exalt, to cast up, to build a highway Meaning: to mound up, to exalt, to oppose Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance, the concept of preparing or making a way is echoed in the New Testament with terms like "hodos" (G3598), meaning "way" or "road," and "kataskeuazo" (G2680), meaning "to prepare." Usage: The Hebrew verb "salal" primarily means to lift up or exalt. It is often used in the context of constructing or preparing a way, such as building a highway or raising a road. This term can also imply the act of exalting or elevating something or someone, both physically and metaphorically. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, roads and highways were crucial for trade, travel, and communication. The act of "casting up" a highway involved leveling the ground, removing obstacles, and sometimes raising the roadbed to ensure safe and efficient passage. This imagery is often used in the Bible to describe preparing the way for the Lord, symbolizing spiritual readiness and the removal of obstacles to divine presence. 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 DlHWB 501; Arabic is draw out, forth Lane1395 = שָׁלַל, but ladder (a loan-word according to SchwZMG liii (1899), 197), compare סֻלָּם; see also ‰rry, 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 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 Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts 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.