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title: סַלָּח — ready to forgive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַלָּח (5546), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ready to forgive. BDB 1906: adj. ready to forgive, forgiving. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַלָּח

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«סַלָּח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ready to forgive** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5546 · **BDB:** סַלָּח

### Glosses

ready.to.forgive (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ready to forgive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5546/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. ready to forgive, forgiving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5546/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. ready to forgive, forgiving;—אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְס׳ ψ 86:5 thou Lord art kind and forgiving.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַלָּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5546/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 86:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.86.5/)

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כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי ט֣וֹב וְסַלָּ֑ח וְרַב־חֶ֝֗סֶד לְכָל־קֹרְאֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you Lord my \[are\].good and ready.to.forgive and great of.covenant.loyalty to all \[those who\].call.out.to.you

*JPS 1917:* For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.

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