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title: סְלִיחָה — forgiveness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְלִיחָה (5547), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: forgiveness. BDB 1906: n.f. forgiveness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְלִיחָה

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«סְלִיחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forgiveness** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5547 · **BDB:** סְלִיחָה

### Glosses

forgiveness (1); forgiveness(es) (1); of.forgiveness(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forgiveness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5547/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. forgiveness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5547/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. forgiveness (late; on format. v. Köii 1, 197);—ס׳ ψ 130:4; pl. abstr. intens. abundant forgiveness, סְלִיחוֹת Ne 9:17, סְלִחוֹת Dn 9:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְלִיחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5547/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 130:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.130.4/)

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כִּֽי־עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].with you (the) forgiveness so.that you.may.be.feared

*JPS 1917:* For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

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[Daniel 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.9/)

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לַֽאדֹנָ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ הָרַחֲמִ֖ים וְהַסְּלִח֑וֹת כִּ֥י מָרַ֖דְנוּ בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[belong\].to \[the\] Lord God our (the) compassion(s) and (the) forgiveness(es) (dm) we.have.rebelled against him

*JPS 1917:* To the Lord our God belong compassions and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against Him;

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