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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
תְ֭סֻלֶּהJob 28:16Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person feminine singular
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. (KJV)
תְסֻלֶּֽהJob 28:19Imperfect (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
סָ֭לִיתָPs 119:118Perfect (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
סִלָּ֨הLam 1:15Perfect (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
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 ›
In the app, tap any Hebrew verb while reading: its root, stem and form are named, the letters of the word itself are coloured to show which is which, and the stem's meaning is put in plain English. çâlâh in the lexicon ›
Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.
