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title: סָלָה — make light of · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָלָה (5541), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: make light of. BDB 1906: vb. make light of, toss aside. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָלָה

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«סָלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make light of** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5541 · **BDB:** סָלָה

### Glosses

he.has.thrown.away (1); you.reject (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make light of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5541/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. make light of, toss aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5541/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make light of, toss aside (cf. Assyrian salû, throw off, shake off (yoke) Dl500; Arabic سلو, سَلَا is be forgetful, neglectful Lane1417 Aramaic סְלָא despise, ܣܠܴܐ reject);— Pf. 2 ms. סָלִיתָ ψ 119:118 thou dost make light of all those that err from thy statutes.—Cf. also סַלּוֹן infr. intens. Pf. 3 ms. סִלָּה La 1:15 Adonay hath flouted at my mighty ones.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5541/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.118/)

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סָ֭לִיתָ כָּל־שׁוֹגִ֣ים מֵחֻקֶּ֑יךָ כִּי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר תַּרְמִיתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* you.reject all \[those.who\].go.astray from decrees your (dm) \[is\].falsehood deceitfulness their

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; for their deceit is vain.

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[Lamentations 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.1.15/)

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סִלָּ֨ה כָל־אַבִּירַ֤י ׀ אֲדֹנָי֙ בְּקִרְבִּ֔י קָרָ֥א עָלַ֛י מוֹעֵ֖ד לִשְׁבֹּ֣ר בַּחוּרָ֑י גַּ֚ת דָּרַ֣ךְ אֲדֹנָ֔י לִבְתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־יְהוּדָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he.has.thrown.away all my.mighty \[ones\] Lord \[the\] in midst my he.has.proclaimed on me an.appointed.meeting to break men my.young a.winepress he.has.trodden Lord \[the\] for the.virgin of.the.daughter of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* The Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men; the Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin the daughter of Judah.'

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