סֹלְלָה
çôlᵉlâh · so-lel-aw'
a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers
Lexicon
Derivation: or סוֹלְלָה; active participle feminine of H5549 (סָלַל), but used passively;
a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bank, mount.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֹלְלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a mount5 · 45%
- a bank3 · 27%
- behold the mounts1 · 9%
- by the mounts1 · 9%
- mounts1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.