סָלָה çâlâh — to hang up, i.e. weigh, or (figuratively) contemn

pronounced saw-law' · Strong's H5541 · 4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Pu'al, Qal (Pa'al), Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as tread down, value.

a primitive root; to hang up, i.e. weigh, or (figuratively) contemn.

çâlâh in each stem

Pu'al 2×

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2

תְ֭סֻלֶּה Job 28:16 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (KJV)

תְסֻלֶּֽה Job 28:19 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular

The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

סָ֭לִיתָ Ps 119:118 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. (KJV)

Pi'el 1×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 1

סִלָּ֨ה Lam 1:15 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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