סל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ל־ל (s-l-l)

Compare with Arabic سلة (salla, “basket”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -al

Noun

סַל • (sal) m (plural indefinite סַלִּים)

1. basket
   • Genesis 40:16

     וְהִנֵּה שְׁלֹשָׁה סַלֵּי חֹרִי עַל־רֹאשִׁי

     and lo! (I had) three baskets of white bread on my head

Derived terms

• כדורסל
• כַּדּוּר סַל (kadursál)

References

• H5536 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible