סֻלָּם
sulam · stairway
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5551 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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sulam (סֻלָּם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “stairway”.
Or ramp leading up. It occurs only in Genesis 28:12.
How to say it
su·lam
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
- Steps or a ramp rising from earth to heaven.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Genesis 28:12
He dreamed, and look, a ladder set on the earth, and its top reaching to the heavens; and look, the angels of Elohim were going up and coming down on it.