Basket סַל

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Oct 12, 2026 · 3m

We are in Numbers chapter six with our word for today. סַל basket. It is used 15 times in the Old Testament, 3 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of basket, a container that was typically woven together and often used to transport food. Genesis 40:16-18 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream: there were three cake סַלֵּ֥י baskets on my head, and in the uppermost וּבַסַּ֣לbasket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating it out of הַסַּ֖ל the basket on my head.” And Joseph answered…