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title: סֹלֶת — fine flour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סֹלֶת (5560), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 53 times: fine flour. BDB 1906: n.f. fine flour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סֹלֶת

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«סֹלֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fine flour** — 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:** 53 times · **Key:** 5560 · **BDB:** סֹ֫לֶת

### Glosses

fine.flour (43); of.fine.flour (6); flour (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fine flour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5560/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fine flour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5560/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Lv 2:5 (cf. on gender AlbrechtZAW xvi (1896), 106) fine flour (𝔊 σεμίδαλις, 𝔙 simila) (NH id.; Aramaic סוּלְתָּא; Arabic سُلْتٌ a kind of barley without husks Lane 1401; Assyrian sillatu, or šillatu, a kind of grain (?) Meissner-RostBAS iii. 361; also ṯulṯȧ, ṯuruti̥, flour, as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi84 WMMAs. u. Eur. 101);—abs. ס׳ Gn 18:6 +, cstr. ס׳ Ex 29:2 +; sf. סָלְתָּהּ Lv 2:2;—fine flour, used in king’s household 1 K 5:2 (‖ קֶמַח), for honoured guests קֶמַח ס׳ Gn 18:6 (J), a se’āh of it sold for a shekel in time of scarcity 2 K 7:1, 16, 18 (v. Benz); luxurious food Ez 16:13, 19 (of Jerus. under fig. of woman); elsewhere only in offerings Ez 46:14; 1 Ch 9:29; 23:29, and P; ס׳ חִטִּים Ex 29:2, ס׳ v 40, Lv 2:1 + 13 times Lv., Nu 6:15 + 26 times Nu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סֹלֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5560/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.7/)

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וְאִם־מִנְחַ֥ת מַרְחֶ֖שֶׁת קָרְבָּנֶ֑ךָ סֹ֥לֶת בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן תֵּעָשֶֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* and if \[is\].a.grain.offering of.a.baking.pan present your fine.flour with (the) oil it.will.be.made

*JPS 1917:* And if thy offering be a meal-offering of the stewing-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

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[Numbers 28:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.28.5/)

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וַעֲשִׂירִ֧ית הָאֵיפָ֛ה סֹ֖לֶת לְמִנְחָ֑ה בְּלוּלָ֛ה בְּשֶׁ֥מֶן כָּתִ֖ית רְבִיעִ֥ת הַהִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and.(the) tenth of.(the) ephah fine.flour to a.grain.offering mixed with oil pressed (the).fourth of.(the) hin

*JPS 1917:* and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.

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