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title: סָלַח — forgive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָלַח (5545), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 46 times: forgive. BDB 1906: vb. forgive, pardon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָלַח

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«סָלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forgive** — 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:** 46 times · **Key:** 5545 · **BDB:** סָלַח

### Glosses

it.will.be.forgiven (13); you.will.forgive (11); I.will.forgive (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forgive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5545/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. forgive, pardon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5545/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. forgive, pardon (𝔗 סְלַח id., NH סְלִיחָה forgiveness);— Pf. 2 ms. סָלַחְתָּ Ex 34:9 + 9 times, סָלָ֑חְתָּ La 3:42 + 2 times; 1 s. סָלַחְתִּי Nu 14:20 + 2 times; Impf. 3 ms. יִסְלַח 30:6 + 4 times; 1 s. אֶסְלַח Je 31:34 + 3 times + 5:7 Qr (Kt אֶסְלוֹח); Imv. סְלַח Nu 14:19 Am 7:2; סְלָ֑חָה Dn 9:19; Inf. סְלֹחַ Dt 29:19; 2 K 24:4; סְלוֹחַ Is 55:7; Pt. act. סֹלֵחַ ψ 103:3;—forgive, pardon, always of God: abs. Nu 14:20 (J), 1 K 8:30, 39 = 2 Ch 6:21, 30, 2 K 24:4; Is 55:7; Am 7:2; La 3:42; Dn 9:19; c. לְ, of the sin Ex 34:9; Nu 14:19 (both J), Je 31:34; 33:8; 36:3 ψ 25:11; 103:3; 1 K 8:34, 36 = 2 Ch 6:25, 27, 2 Ch 7:14; + לְ, of sinner Dt 29:19; 1 K 8:50 = 2 Ch 6:39, 2 K 5:18(×2); Je 5:1, 7; 50:20, and in law, Nu 30:6, 9, 13 (P). Pf. 3 ms. נִסְלַח, c. לְ, term. techn. in code of P, it shall be forgiven him לוֹ Lv 4:26, 31, 35; 5:10, 13, 16, 18, 26; 19:22 Nu 15:28; them לָהֶם Lv 4:20 Nu 15:25; לְכָל־עֲדַת וגו׳ v 26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 45 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5545/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.20/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה סָלַ֖חְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh I.have.forgiven.\[them\] according to your.word

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD said: 'I have pardoned according to thy word.

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[Lamentations 3:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.42/)

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נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ס

*Word for word:* we we.have.transgressed and we.have.rebelled you not you.have.forgiven

*JPS 1917:* We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.

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