סָלַל çâlal

Meaning

to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)

In the King James Version: cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Exodus 9:17 Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
• Job 19:12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
• Job 30:12 The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
• Psalms 68:4 Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the LORD—and rejoice before Him.
• Proverbs 4:8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
• Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
• Isaiah 57:14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
• Isaiah 62:10 Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
• Jeremiah 18:15 Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.
• Jeremiah 50:26 Come against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.