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# שָׁלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7951

**be quiet** — used 5 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

be quiet [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7951/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁלָה: vb. be quiet, at ease [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7951/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be quiet, at ease (Ecclus 47:13 שלוה prosperity, 41:lc שליו prosperous, at ease; ܫܠܴܐ be tranquil, quiet, cease; 𝔗 שְׁלָא, שְׁלִי be at ease, then be careless, thoughtless, go astray \[for Heb. שָׁגָה, שָׁגַג

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are at ease (2); I am at ease (1); are they at ease? (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 122:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.6/#tree)

שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* ask.for the.peace of.Jerusalem may.they.be.at.ease \[those who\].love.you

*JPS 1917:* Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.

[Job 3:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.26/#tree)

לֹ֤א שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי ׀ וְלֹ֖א שָׁקַ֥טְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָ֗חְתִּי וַיָּ֥בֹא רֹֽגֶז׃פ

*Word for word:* not I.am.at.ease and not I.am.at.peace and not I.am.at.rest and it.has.come turmoil

*JPS 1917:* I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7951.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7951/): 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).