5550. solelah

Lexicon

solelah: Siege ramp, mound, embankment

Original Word: סֹלְלָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: collah
Pronunciation: so-leh-LAH
Phonetic Spelling: (so-lel-aw')
KJV: bank, mount
NASB: siege ramp, ramp, ramps, siege ramps
Word Origin: [active participle feminine of H5549 (סָלַל - build), but used passively]

1. a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bank, mount

Or cowllah {so-lel-aw'}; active participle feminine of calal, but used passively; a military mound, i.e. Rampart of besiegers -- bank, mount.

see HEBREW calal

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from salal
Definition
a mound
NASB Translation
ramp (2), ramps (2), siege ramp (4), siege ramps (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סֹלְלָה noun feminine mound; — ׳ס 2 Samuel 20:15 7t.; סוֺלְלָה Daniel 11:15; plural סֹלְלוֺת Jeremiah 32:24; Jeremiah 33:4. — ׳שָׁפַךְ ס עַלהָֿעִיר cast up mound against the city , besieging it, 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 6:6; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 26:8; with אֶל 2 Samuel 20:15 (error for על); without על העיר Ezekiel 17:17; Ezekiel 21:17; Daniel 11:15 without verb Jeremiah 32:24; Jeremiah 33:4.

Forms and Transliterations

הַסֹּלְל֖וֹת הַסֹּלְל֗וֹת הסללות סֹֽלְלָ֑ה סֹֽלְלָ֔ה סֹֽלְלָה֙ סֹלְלָ֑ה סֹלְלָ֖ה סֹלְלָֽה׃ סֽוֹלֲלָ֔ה סוללה סללה סללה׃ has·sō·lə·lō·wṯ hassoleLot hassōləlōwṯ sō·lə·lāh sō·w·lă·lāh solaLah soleLah sōləlāh sōwlălāh

Englishman's Concordance

2 Samuel 20:15
HEB: הַֽמַּעֲכָ֔ה וַיִּשְׁפְּכ֤וּ סֹֽלְלָה֙ אֶל־ הָעִ֔יר
NAS: and they cast up a siege ramp against
KJV: and they cast up a bank against the city,
INT: Beth-maacah cast A siege against the city

2 Kings 19:32
HEB: יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ עָלֶ֖יהָ סֹלְלָֽה׃
NAS: or throw up a siege ramp against it.
KJV: nor cast a bank against it.
INT: throw against A siege

Isaiah 37:33
HEB: יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ עֳלֶ֖יהָ סֹלְלָֽה׃
NAS: or throw up a siege ramp against it.
KJV: nor cast a bank against it.
INT: throw against A siege

Jeremiah 6:6
HEB: עַל־ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם סֹלְלָ֑ה הִ֚יא הָעִ֣יר
KJV: and cast a mount against Jerusalem:
INT: against Jerusalem A mount This is the city

Jeremiah 32:24
HEB: הִנֵּ֣ה הַסֹּלְל֗וֹת בָּ֣אוּ הָעִיר֮
NAS: Behold, the siege ramps have reached
KJV: Behold the mounts, they are come
INT: Behold the siege have reached the city

Jeremiah 33:4
HEB: הַנְּתֻצִ֕ים אֶל־ הַסֹּלְל֖וֹת וְאֶל־ הֶחָֽרֶב׃
NAS: [to make a defense] against the siege ramps and against
KJV: which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
INT: are broken against the siege and against the sword

Ezekiel 4:2
HEB: וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ סֹֽלְלָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֧יהָ
NAS: raise up a ramp, pitch
KJV: against it, and cast a mount against it; set
INT: raise against A ramp pitch against

Ezekiel 17:17
HEB: בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בִּשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ סֹלְלָ֖ה וּבִבְנ֣וֹת דָּיֵ֑ק
NAS: when they cast up ramps and build
KJV: by casting up mounts, and building
INT: the war cast ramps and build siege

Ezekiel 21:22
HEB: שְׁעָרִ֔ים לִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ סֹלְלָ֖ה לִבְנ֥וֹת דָּיֵֽק׃
NAS: to cast up ramps, to build
KJV: to cast a mount, [and] to build
INT: the gates to cast ramps to build A siege

Ezekiel 26:8
HEB: וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ סֹֽלְלָ֔ה וְהֵקִ֥ים עָלַ֖יִךְ
NAS: you, cast up a ramp against
KJV: against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up
INT: cast against A ramp and raise against

Daniel 11:15
HEB: הַצָּפ֔וֹן וְיִשְׁפֹּךְ֙ סֽוֹלֲלָ֔ה וְלָכַ֖ד עִ֣יר
NAS: cast up a siege ramp and capture
KJV: and cast up a mount, and take
INT: of the North cast A siege and capture city

11 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5550
11 Occurrences

has·sō·lə·lō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
sō·w·lă·lāh — 1 Occ.
sō·lə·lāh — 8 Occ.