Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

It is the variant of

סלם, צלם, שלם, תלם

SLM, CLM, $LM, TLM, 'tall and massive'.

From this root are the words SULAM, 'ladder?', CELEM, 'form, body', $ALOM, 'wholesomeness, soundness', and TELEM, 'ridge, farrow'. See Ps. 65:11(10).

All we may say about SULAM is that it is a lofty and massive structure or contraption (ladder, staircase, ramp, basket elevator ––– the bible unfortunately lacks illustrations) by which to convey vertically.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Nov 26, 2012, at 10:22 AM, JimStinehart AT aol.com wrote:

The Hebrew word SLM