how to say “ladder” in Hebrew
סֻלָּם
If the Modern-Hebrew word for escalation is הַסְלָמָה , its root is ס.ל.מ (s.l.m), forming a very ancient word, סֻלָּם – ladder.
, its root is ס.ל.מ (s.l.m), forming a very ancient word, סֻלָּם – ladder.I say ancient because the word appears already in Genesis, in Jacob’s dream:
וְהִנֵּה סֻלָּם מֻצָּב אַרְצָה וְרֹאשׁוֹ מַגִּיעַ הַשָּׁמָיְמָה…
and behold, a ladder placed on the earth, with its top reaching the heavens…
(Genesis 28:12)
The word’s equivalent, سلم (sallima), also appears in Arabic as ladder and staircase.
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