סָלַל
sa.lal
“to build”
Definition
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
סָלַל appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
And it will be said,“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,take every obstacle out of the way of My 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!
Yet My people have forgotten Me.They burn incense to worthless idolsthat make them stumble in their ways,leaving the ancient roadsto walk on rutted bypathsinstead of on the highway.
Come against herfrom the farthest border.Break open her granaries;pile her up like mounds of grain.Devote her to destruction;leave her no survivors.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.