Salal סָלַל
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| סָלַל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | salal |
| Strong's number | H5549 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to build |
| Occurrences | 12 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Salal (Hebrew סָלַל, Strong's H5549) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to build”. It occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to lift up, cast up, exalt
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cast up a highway
1a2) to cast up a way
1a3) to lift up (of song)
1b) (Pilpel) to exalt, esteem highly, prize
1c) (Hithpoel) to exalt oneself
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to cast up a highway
1a2) to cast up a way
1a3) to lift up (of song)
1b) (Pilpel) to exalt, esteem highly, prize
1c) (Hithpoel) to exalt oneself
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | up (8), exaltest (1), extol (1), exalt (1), plain (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | build it up (3), you lord it (1), they construct (1), build (1), exalt (1), prize her (1), is a highway (1), build up (1), highway (1), pile her up (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Salal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 9:17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
Job
- Job 19:12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
- Job 30:12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
Psalms
- Psalm 68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds— His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 4:8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 57:14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
- Isaiah 62:10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
- Jeremiah 50:26Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).