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title: סַלּוֹן — brier · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַלּוֹן (5544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: brier. BDB 1906: n.m. brier. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַלּוֹן

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«סַלּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brier** — 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:** 5544 · **BDB:** סַלּוֹן

### Glosses

a.brier (1); briers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brier [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. brier [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. brier (√ unknown);—סִלּוֹן מַמְאִיר Ez 28:24 a pricking brier (fig. of national distress; ‖ קוֹץ מַכְאִב); pl. סַלּוֹנִים 2:6 (+ סָרָבִים; Co \[after Vrss\] Berthol \[not Toy\] read (אותך) סֹרְבִים וְסֹלִים resisting and despising thee; סֹל׳ is then Pt. from I. סלה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַלּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 28:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.28.24/)

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וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֨ה ע֜וֹד לְבֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל סִלּ֤וֹן מַמְאִיר֙ וְק֣וֹץ מַכְאִ֔ב מִכֹּל֙ סְבִ֣יבֹתָ֔ם הַשָּׁאטִ֖ים אוֹתָ֑ם וְיָ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and not it.will.belong again to the.house of.Israel a.brier \[which\].pricks and a.thorn \[which\].causes.pain from all around them \[who\] despise them and they.will.know (dm).that I the\].Lord \[am Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a piercing thorn of any that are round about them, that did have them in disdain; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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[Ezekiel 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.2.6/)

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וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָ֠דָם אַל־תִּירָ֨א מֵהֶ֜ם וּמִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֣ם אַל־תִּירָ֗א כִּ֣י סָרָבִ֤ים וְסַלּוֹנִים֙ אוֹתָ֔ךְ וְאֶל־עַקְרַבִּ֖ים אַתָּ֣ה יוֹשֵׁ֑ב מִדִּבְרֵיהֶ֤ם אַל־תִּירָא֙ וּמִפְּנֵיהֶ֣ם אַל־תֵּחָ֔ת כִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית מְרִ֖י הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and you O.son of.humankind do.not be.afraid from them and from words their do.not be.afraid (dm) nettles and briers \[are\].with you and to scorpions you \[are\].sitting from words their do.not be.afraid and from faces their do.not be.dismayed (dm) \[are\].a.house of.rebellion they

*JPS 1917:* And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though defiers and despisers be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

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