--- title: צְלַח — prosper · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: צְלַח (lemma:צְלַח), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: prosper. BDB 1906: vb. prosper. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b7_5d7.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1510.md)‎ / צְלַח‎ # צְלַח «צְלַח» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **prosper** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:צְלַח · **BDB:** צְלַח ### Glosses prospering (2); he.caused.to.prosper (1); he.prospered (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) prosper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. prosper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. prosper (v. BH 11. צלח);— Pf. 3 ms. הַצְלַח Dn 3:30; 6:29; Pt. מַצְלַח Ezr 5:8, pl. -לְחִין 6:14;—) cause to prosper Dn 3:30 (c. ל pers.). shew prosperity, be properous 6:29 (of pers.); have success (in building) Ezr 6:14; be successful (of work) 5:8 (בְּיֶדְהֹם). ### Jastrow 1903 צְלַח: to split, pass through to be successful, prosper; to become fit to split to pass through; to do thing successfully; to prosper Pe. to cause to succeed, prosper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** to split, pass through. Targ. I Chr. II, 54. Ib. XI, 18 צ׳ ארחא (h. text ויבקעו). to be successful, prosper; to become fit. Targ. Jer. XX, 11. Targ. Prov. XXVIII, 13; a. fr. to split. Targ. O. Gen. XXII, 3. Targ. I Chr. XXI, 23.—B. Mets. 79ᵃ נְצַלְּחֵיה לציבי וכ׳ let him chop it into chips and use it. B. Kam. 113ᵇ זבין … לצַלָּחָא bought a palm, in partnership with a gentile, to chop it up (and divide it). Sabb. 119ᵃ רבה … מְצַלְּחֵי וכ׳ Rabbah and R. J. used to chop wood themselves (in preparation for the Sabbath). Ib. 129ᵃ; a. e. to pass through; to do a thing successfully; to prosper. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 29. Targ. ib. XXIX, 8 (O. ed. Vien. Pe.). Targ. O. a. Y. I ib. XXXII, 15 אצ׳ תקוף succeeded in gaining strength. Targ. I Kings I, 34 (h. text יחי); a. fr.—Men. 43ᵃ וא׳ עיסקייהו and their business prospered. Erub. 45ᵃ אי מַצְלַח וכ׳ whether or not he shall succeed. Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot. ולא מַצְלְחָא מה דו עבדא (not מצלח) and she will not succeed in what she wants to do. B. Bath. 3ᵇ כל עבדא … מצלח any slave that will now rebel, shall succeed; Yalk. Deut. 913. R. Hash. 16ᵃ דמצלח זרעא וכ׳ that the winter seed thrives; a. fr. to cause to succeed, prosper. Targ. Gen. XXIV, 21. Targ. Jer. III, 19 (h. text אשיתך); a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 13 תַצְלִיחַ, v. עֲבַד I. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «צְלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 6:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.29/) וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הַצְלַ֖ח בְּמַלְכ֣וּת דָּרְיָ֑וֶשׁ וּבְמַלְכ֖וּת כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ פָּרְסָאָֽה׃פ *Word for word:* and Daniel this he.prospered in the.reign of.Darius and in the.reign of.Cyrus the Persian *JPS 1917:* So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. [Daniel 3:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.30/) בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א הַצְלַ֛ח לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֛ךְ וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ בִּמְדִינַ֥ת בָּבֶֽל׃פ *Word for word:* then the king he.caused.to.prosper (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego in the.province of.Babylon *JPS 1917:* Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. - ← previous: [צלה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5dc_5d4.md) - next →: [צְלֵם](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b5_5dd.md) - ↑ back to [צ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1510.md)