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title: סָלָה — weigh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָלָה (lemma:סָלָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: weigh. BDB 1906: vb. weigh, balance. 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: **weigh** — 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:** lemma:סָלָה · **BDB:** סָלָה²

### Glosses

it.will.be.paid (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weigh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. weigh, balance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. weigh, balance (‖ form of סָלָא q.v.);— Impf. 3 fs. לֹא־תְסֻלֶּה בְּכֶתֶם Jb 28:16 it cannot be weighed against (estimated in) gold of Ophir, cf. v 19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5dc_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.16/)

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לֹֽא־תְ֭סֻלֶּה בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* not it.will.be.paid in.(the) gold of.Ophir in onyx precious and sapphire

*JPS 1917:* It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

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[Job 28:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.19/)

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לֹֽא־יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה פִּטְדַת־כּ֑וּשׁ בְּכֶ֥תֶם טָ֝ה֗וֹר לֹ֣א תְסֻלֶּֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* not it will.be.comparable.to.it (the).topaz of.Cush in gold pure not it.will.be.paid

*JPS 1917:* The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

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