Word

סָלָה

çâlâh · H5541 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to reject

Exact meaning unknown, probably: state in which deities are unwilling to come to the aid of certain people

Examples
Psalm 119:118 You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless.
Lamentations 1:15 “The Lord has thrown away all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To crush my young men; The Lord has trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.
to be valued

Process by which the value of an object is determined, often in comparison with other valuable objects

Examples
Job 28:16 “It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx, or sapphire.
Job 28:19 “The topaz of Cush cannot equal it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 2
אֲדֹנָיLord 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

אַבִּירmighty one 1
שָׁגָהto go astray, to err 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with+ כֶּתֶםgold 1
בin/on/with+ קֶרֶבmidst, among, inner parts 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

עָרַךְ ʻârak · H6186 · to array oneself, to set in array, to array: סָלָה (çâlâh, H5541) ("tread down, value") and עָרַךְ (ʻârak, H6186) ("put in array, compare, esteem, estimate") overlap specifically in valuation and estimation, since both can express assigning value or making a comparative judgment.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Unwilling002001002031: This entry carries no independent "Unwilling" sense of its own distinct from ordinary valuing/rejecting; the genuine tagged occurrences (Job 28:16/19, Psalm 119:118) concern assessing value or rejecting the worthless, and the domain is bundle-shared with that sense.
Estimate002004002005: סָלָה describes weighing or valuing something, illustrated at Job 28:16 ("it cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir") and Job 28:19 ("it will not be valued in pure gold").

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

סָלָהçâlâh · H5541סֶלָה çelâh · H5542 · sela · 74×סִלּוֹן çillôwn · H5544 · thorn · 2×סַלְסִלָּה çalçillâh · H5552 · branch · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5541. calah I. [סָלָה] verb make light of, toss aside (compare Assyrian salû, throw off,…

H5541. calah
I. [סָלָה] verb make light of, toss aside (compare Assyrian salû, throw off, shake off (yoke) Dl500; Arabic , is be forgetful, neglectful Lane1417; Aramaic סְלָא despise, reject); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular סָלִיתָ Psa 119:118 thou dost make light of all those that err from thy statutes. — compare also סַלּוֺן below
Pi`el intensive Perfect3masculine singular סִלָּה Lam 1:15 Adonay hath flouted at my mighty ones.
II. [סָלָה] verb weigh, balance (|| form of סָלָא q.v); —
Pu`al Imperfect3feminine singular בְּכֶתֶם לֹאתְֿסֻלֶּה Job 28:16 it cannot be weighed against (estimated in) gold of Ophir, compare Job 28:19.
סֶ֫לָה see סלל below

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0