סלה

«סלה» in the Tanakh dictionary: weigh — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 5537 · BDB: סָלָא

Glosses

were].weighed (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

weigh tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. weigh tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. weigh (Arabic سَلَأَ pay promptly Lane1398; cf. Sab. סלא consecrate, devote HomZMG xivi (1892), 531; Sud. Arab. Chrest. 124);—only Pt. הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּפָּ֑ז La 4:2 they who were weighed against gold, reckoned of such value.—Cf. also II. סלה.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «סלה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Lamentations 4:2

בְּנֵ֤י צִיּוֹן֙ הַיְקָרִ֔ים הַמְסֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּפָּ֑ז אֵיכָ֤ה נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ לְנִבְלֵי־חֶ֔רֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י יוֹצֵֽר׃ס

Word for word: the.children of.Zion (the) precious [who were].weighed with.(the) pure gold how! they.are.considered to jars of.earthenware [the].work of.[the].hands of.a.potter

JPS 1917: The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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