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# צָלַח

Biblical Hebrew

**rush** — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rush [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צָלַח: vb. rush [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rush;—(Thes al. cp. 𝔗 צְלַח, Syriac ܨܠܰܚ, cleave, penetrate, then advance, v. foll.);— Pf. 3 fs. וְצָֽלְחָה consec. 1 S 10:6; 3 pl. וְצָֽלְחוּ 2 S 19:18; Impf. 3 ms. יִצְלַח Am 5:6 (v. infr.), 3 fs. וַתִּצְלַח Ju 14:6 +;—rush, וְצ׳ הַיַּרְדֵּן 2 S 19:18 they rushed into the Jordan (dub., v. Dr HPS), יִצ׳ כָּאֵשׁ בֵּית יוֹסֵף Am 5:6 lest he rush like fire upon the house of Joseph (or O house, etc. GASm; Now conj. יַצִּית בָּאֵשׁ); especially of sudden possession by (אֱלֹהִים) רוּחַ י׳, c. עַל pers. Ju 14:6 the Spirit … rushed upon him, so v 19; 15:14 1 S 10:6, 10; 11:6; c. אֶל pers. 16:13 and (of רוּחַ א׳ רָעָה) 18:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it rushed (7); he should rush (1); it will rush (1).

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 10:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.6/#tree)

וְצָלְחָ֤ה עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וְהִתְנַבִּ֖יתָ עִמָּ֑ם וְנֶהְפַּכְתָּ֖ לְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.rush on you the.spirit of.Yahweh and you.will.prophesy with them and you.will.be.changed into a.man another

*JPS 1917:* And the spirit of the LORD will come mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

[1 Samuel 11:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.6/#tree)

וַתִּצְלַ֤ח רֽוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־שָׁא֔וּל כְּשָׁמְע֖וֹ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיִּ֥חַר אַפּ֖וֹ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and it.rushed the.spirit of.God on Saul just as he.heard (et) the words (the) these and it.burned anger his exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/): 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).