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# שְׁלֵוָה

Biblical Aramaic

**ease** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

ease [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁלֵוָה: n.f. ease, prosperity [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ease, prosperity;—sf. שְׁלֵוְתָךְ Dn 4:24.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: prosperity (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.24/#tree)

לָהֵ֣ן מַלְכָּ֗א מִלְכִּי֙ יִשְׁפַּ֣ר עֲלָ֔ךְ וַחֲטָאָךְ֙ בְּצִדְקָ֣ה פְרֻ֔ק וַעֲוָיָתָ֖ךְ בְּמִחַ֣ן עֲנָ֑יִן הֵ֛ן תֶּהֱוֵ֥א אַרְכָ֖ה לִשְׁלֵוְתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* therefore O king advice my let.it.be.acceptable to you and sin your by right.doing break.off! and iniquities your by showing.mercy.to poor.people whether it.will.be a.prolonging of prosperity your

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5dc_5b5_5d5_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).