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# שָׁלוּ

Biblical Aramaic

**neglect** — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

neglect [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁלוּ: n.f. neglect, remissness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. neglect, remissness (𝔗 id.);—abs. שׁ׳ Ezr 4:22; 6:9 Dn 6:5 + 3:29 Qr; Kt שׁלה usually thought an error for שׁלו; Hi Bev M (perhaps) expl. as שֵׁלָה = שְׁאֵלָה = thing, affair (4:14).

### Jastrow 1903

שָׁלוּ

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. שָׁלוּתָא

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (23 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: negligence (4).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/#tree)

וּזְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְמֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל־דְּנָ֑ה לְמָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔א לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין׃ס

*Word for word:* and cautious be negligence to do concerning this why? will.it.grow.great the damage to injury kings

*JPS 1917:* And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'

[Ezra 6:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.9/#tree)

וּמָ֣ה חַשְׁחָ֡ן וּבְנֵ֣י תוֹרִ֣ין וְדִכְרִ֣ין וְאִמְּרִ֣ין ׀ לַעֲלָוָ֣ן ׀ לֶאֱלָ֪הּ שְׁמַיָּ֟א חִנְטִ֞ין מְלַ֣ח ׀ חֲמַ֣ר וּמְשַׁ֗ח כְּמֵאמַ֨ר כָּהֲנַיָּ֤א דִי־בִירֽוּשְׁלֶם֙ לֶהֱוֵ֨א מִתְיְהֵ֥ב לְהֹ֛ם י֥וֹם ׀ בְּי֖וֹם דִּי־לָ֥א שָׁלֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* and whatever things.needed and young of.bulls and rams and lambs for burnt.offerings to the.God of the.heavens wheat(s) salt wine and oil according to.the.word of the.priests who \[are\].in Jerusalem it.will.be given to them day by day that not negligence

*JPS 1917:* And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5dc_5d5_5bc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5dc_5d5_5bc/): 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).