Definition

a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• bank
• mount

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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