סָלָה

sala · weigh, value

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5541 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

sala (סָלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “weigh, value”.

To weigh in order to set a price, to value; elsewhere, to make light of.

How to say it

sa·la

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Set the worth of something.
  2. Count as nothing, cast off.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • be valued ×2
  • You have rejected ×1
  • has rejected ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 28:16

    It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphire.

  • Job 28:19

    The topaz of Cush cannot equal it; with pure gold it cannot be valued.

  • Psalms 119:118

    You have rejected all who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is a lie.

  • Lamentations 1:15

    Adonai has rejected all my mighty ones in my midst; he has called against me an appointed feast to crush my young men; Adonai has trodden as a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.