5551. sullam
Berean Strong's Lexicon
sullam: Ladder, Stairway

Original Word: סֻלָּם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: sullam
Pronunciation: sool-lawm'
Phonetic Spelling: (sool-lawm')
Definition: Ladder, Stairway
Meaning: a stair-case

Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to cast up a highway; akin to the concept of elevation or ascent.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "sullam," the concept of a connection between heaven and earth is echoed in the New Testament, particularly in John 1:51, where Jesus refers to angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man, drawing a parallel to Jacob's vision.

Usage: The term "sullam" is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a ladder or stairway. It is most famously associated with the vision of Jacob, where he sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels ascending and descending upon it. This imagery conveys a connection between the divine and the earthly realms, symbolizing communication and interaction between God and humanity.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, ladders or stairways were often symbolic of a connection between the divine and human worlds. Temples and ziggurats, with their ascending steps, were seen as places where heaven and earth met. Jacob's vision of the ladder at Bethel reflects this cultural understanding, emphasizing God's presence and promise to be with Jacob and his descendants.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from salal
Definition
a ladder
NASB Translation
ladder (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
סֻלָּם noun masculine ladder; — Genesis 28:12 (E).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ladder

From calal; a stair-case -- ladder.

see HEBREW calal

Forms and Transliterations
סֻלָּם֙ סלם sul·lām sulLam sullām
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 28:12
HEB: וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה
NAS: and behold, a ladder was set
KJV: And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up
INT: had and behold A ladder was set the earth

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Strong's Hebrew 5551
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sul·lām — 1 Occ.
















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