סָלָא çâlâʼ — to suspend in a balance, i.e. weigh
Translated in the KJV as compare.
a primitive root; to suspend in a balance, i.e. weigh.
çâlâʼ in each stem
Pu'al
Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them
Participle (passive) 1
הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים Lam 4:2 Participle (passive), masculine plural
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›