H5550 סֹלְלָה (çôlᵉlâh) so-lel-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

mound

Strong's Definition

a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers

Derivation: or סוֹלְלָה; active participle feminine of H5549 (סָלַל), but used passively;

KJV Usage: bank, mount.

TWOT Reference: 1506b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mound

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5482

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סֹלְלָה (so.le.lah) — mound. mound

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סֹלְלָה (H5550) — סֹולְלָה, סֹלֲלָה

noun f

Fortifications | ≈ דָּיֵק · כַּר

siege ramp = earthen mound, cast up against the wall of a city ► in order to enable to enemy to scale the wall

2SA 20:15 · 2KI 19:32 · ISA 37:33 · JER 6:6 · JER 32:24 · JER 33:4 · EZK 4:2 · EZK 17:17 · EZK 21:27 · EZK 26:8 · DAN 11:15

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סֹלְלָה n.f. mound base

Bible Occurrences (11)

20:15

19:32

37:33

6:6 32:24 33:4

4:2 17:17 21:22 26:8

11:15

2 Samuel 20:15

And Joab’s troops came and besieged [Sheba] in Abel-beth-maacah...... and built a siege ramp... against the outer rampart of the city.... As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

2 Kings 19:32

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter... this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield [or] build up a siege ramp against it.

Isaiah 37:33

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter... this... city or shoot an arrow... into it. He will not come before it with a shield... or build up a siege ramp against it.

Jeremiah 6:6

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

Jeremiah 32:24

See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

Jeremiah 33:4

For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this... city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps... and the sword:

Ezekiel 4:2

Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

Ezekiel 17:17

Pharaoh with [his] mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.