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סָלָא

sa.la

to weigh

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Strong’s H5537Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

were weighed1

In the text

Lamentations 4:2הַמְסֻלָּאִים
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סָלָא] vb. weigh;—only Pu. La 4:2

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.