Strongs Number: H5549
- Hebrew Word
- סָלַל
- Transliteration
- çâlal
- Phonetic
- saw-lal'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figuratively to exalt; reflexively to oppose (as by a dam)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to lift up, cast up, exalt
a. (Qal)
1. to cast up a highway
2. to cast up a way
3. to lift up (of song)
b. (Pilpel) to exalt, esteem highly, prize
c. (Hithpoel) to exalt oneself
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- cast {up} exalt ({self}) {extol} make {plain} raise up.