Sulam (סולם) means ladder in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
ladder
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sulam.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1כלי הבנוי משני מוטות וביניהם מספר שלבים (או חווקים), המשמש לעלייה ולירידה.
וַיַּחֲלֹם – וְהִנֵּה סֻלָּם מֻצָּב אַרְצָה, וְרֹאשׁוֹ מַגִּיעַ הַשָּׁמָיְמָה; וְהִנֵּה מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים עֹלִים וְיֹרְדִים בּוֹ.
- 2בהשאלהמערכת שבנויה בהדרגה.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sulam is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- סֻלָּם
- Written without vowel points
- סולם
- Said
- sulam
- Pattern
- קֻטָּל
- Plural
- סֻלָּמוֹת
- Inflections
- ר' סֻלָּמוֹת, נ"י: סֻלַּם־, נ"ר: סֻלְמוֹת־, כ': סֻלָּמִי, סֻלָּמֵךְ, סֻלַּמְכֶן, סֻלְמוֹתֵיכֶם
- Gematria
- 136
This is how Sulam is said in other languages.
- English
- ladder
- Arabic
- سلم
- Russian
- стремя́нка
- French
- échelle
- Spanish
- escala
- German
- Leiter
- Yiddish
- לייטער
These words rhyme with Sulam.
The word Sulam is part of these phrases and sayings.
- סולם בופור
- סולם גנבים
- סולם דרגות
- סולם חבלים
- סולם יעקב
- סולם מוזיקלי
- סולמות ונחשים
- סולמה של צור
- סולם ריכטר
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These words come before and after Sulam in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sulam.
What does Sulam (סולם) mean in Hebrew?
Sulam (סולם) means ladder. It is said sulam, with the stress on lam.
What rhymes with Sulam (סולם)?
Words that rhyme with Sulam (סולם) include אדם, דם, ים, עם, סם, and עולם.
Is Sulam (סולם) masculine or feminine?
The word Sulam (סולם) is a masculine noun, and its plural is סֻלָּמוֹת.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry סלם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.