סֻלָּם

sullam

sool-LAHM

ladder, stairway

Where it comes from

Another word used only once. Probably a ramped stair of the kind built up the side of a ziggurat. Men built those to climb up to God. This one has traffic coming down.

Every place it appears

Strong's H5551. It stands in 1 verse of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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