Lexicon
סִלָּא
sil.la
H5538
N:N--L Hebrew

Silla

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Occurrences
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Hebrew
Language

sil.la is a proper name appearing in the account of a king's death and burial.

The supplied occurrence presents sil.la as a proper name in the narrative of a king's death, burial, and his son's succession.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name in a royal death narrative · dominant

    In 2 Kings 12:21, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the verse recounting that servants struck the king, he died, was buried with his fathers, and Amaziah succeeded him. The APB renders the surrounding narrative, but does not make the term's individual contribution identifiable.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 12:21, the APB presents the surrounding account of striking, death, burial, and succession, but its loose wording does not clearly isolate this proper name.

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