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title: שָׁלוּ — neglect · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שָׁלוּ (lemma:שָׁלוּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: neglect. BDB 1906: n.f. neglect, remissness. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלוּ

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«שָׁלוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **neglect** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁלוּ · **BDB:** שָׁלוּ

### Glosses

negligence (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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

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

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5dc_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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?'

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

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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;

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