סל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ל־ל (s-l-l)

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

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -al

Noun

סַל • (sal) m (plural indefinite סַלִּים)

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

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