The meaning of “סֹלְלָה”
Understanding çôlᵉlâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or סוֹלְלָה çôwlᵉlâh (so-lel-aw'); active participle feminine of סָלַל, but used passively bank, mount. - a military mou...
סֹלְלָה
or סוֹלְלָה çôwlᵉlâh (so-lel-aw'); active participle feminine of סָלַל, but used passively bank, mount. - a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers 1) mound
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel 20:15 | “And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.” Word: סֹלְלָה (çôlᵉlâh) | |
| 2 Kings 19:32 | “Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.” Word: סֹלְלָה (çôlᵉlâh) | |
| Isaiah 37:33 | “Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.” Word: סֹלְלָה (çôlᵉlâh) | |
| Jeremiah 32:24 | “Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.” Word: סֹלְלָה (çôlᵉlâh) | |
| Ezekiel 21:22 | “At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.” Word: סֹלְלָה (çôlᵉlâh) |