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# שָׁלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7952

**be quiet** — used 2 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/1513/7952/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁלָה: vb. be quiet, at ease [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7952/#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, 0 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: be negligent (1); you must deceive (1).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 4:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.28/#tree)

וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּי בֵ֖ן מֵאֵ֣ת אֲדֹנִ֑י הֲלֹ֣א אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹ֥א תַשְׁלֶ֖ה אֹתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and she.said did I.ask.for? a.son from with lord my ? not did.I.say not you.must.deceive me

*JPS 1917:* Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'

[2 Chronicles 29:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.11/#tree)

בָּנַ֕י עַתָּ֖ה אַל־תִּשָּׁל֑וּ כִּֽי־בָכֶ֞ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲמֹ֤ד לְפָנָיו֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וְלִהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* my.sons my now do.not be.negligent (dm) (in) you he.has.chosen Yahweh to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and makers.of.smoke

*JPS 1917:* My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7952.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7952/): 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).