סָלָה
sala · weigh, value
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5541 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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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
- Set the worth of something.
- 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 that come from it
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.