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title: צָלֵחַ — advance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלֵחַ (6743), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 55 times: advance. BDB 1906: vb. advance, prosper. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלֵחַ

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«צָלֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **advance** — 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:** 55 times · **Key:** 6743 · **BDB:** צָלֵחַ

### Glosses

succeed (5); it.will.succeed (4); he.will.make.successful (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

advance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6743/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. advance, prosper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6743/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. advance, prosper (NH id.; Ph. Pi. causat. in n.pr.; Arabic صَلَحَ be in good condition, cf. Sab. הצלח Sab Denkm 93; Aramaic צְלַח, ܨܠܰܚ prosper);— Pf. 3 fs. צָלֵ֑חָה Je 12:1; Impf. 3 ms. יִצְלַח Je 13:7 +, etc.; Imv. ms. צְלַח ψ 45:5; prosper, of way of wicked Je 12:1, cf. Nu 14:41; Is 53:10; 54:17; Ez 17:9, 10; Dn 11:27; c. ל rei, = be good for anything Je 13:7, 10 Ez 15:4; subj. pers., abs., Je 22:30(×2) Ez 17:15, ψ 45:5 be successful! וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּכָה Ez 16:13 and thou didst prosper to royalty (dub.; del. 𝔊 Co Toy; \> StaZAW vi (1886), 337 f. Krae לִמְלָאכָה i.e. harlotry). Pf. 3 ms. הִצְלִיחַ Gn 24:21, 2 ms. וְהִצְלַחְתָּ֫ 1 Ch 22:11, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַצְלִיחַ Ne 2:20 +, וַיַּצְלַח 1 Ch 29:23; 2 Ch 32:30, etc.; Imv. ms. הַצְלַח 1 K 22:12 +, הַצְלִ֫יחָה Ne 1:11, יחָ֫ה—ִ ψ 118:25, etc.; Pt. מַזְלִיחַ Gn 24:42 +;— make prosperous, bring to successful issue, of י׳, c. acc. of man’s way (דֶּרֶךְ), Gn 24:21, 40, 42, 56 (J), c. acc. rei Gn 39:3, 23 (J), c. acc. pers. 2 Ch 26:5, c. ל pers. Ne 1:11; 2:20; abs. send success ψ 118:25; human subj. c. acc. דֶּרֶךְ Dt 28:29; Jos 1:8 (D), Is 48:15 ψ 37:7, so prob. 1:3 (al. sub 2), 2 Ch 7:11; c. acc. מִרְמָה Dn 8:25. shew, experience, prosperity, of men 1 K 22:12, 15 = 2 Ch 18:11, 14; Je 2:37 (+ ל pers. in ref. to whom) 5:28; 32:5; 1 Ch 22:11, 13; 29:23; 2 Ch 13:12; 14:6; 20:20; 24:20; 31:21; 32:30 (בְּכָל־מַעֲשֵׂהוּ), Pr 28:13; Dn 8:12 (of horn), v 24; 11:36; אִישׁ מַצְלִיחַ Gn 39:2 (J) a prosperous man; subj. דֶּרֶךְ Ju 18:5 (cf. ψ 1:3 supr.), י׳’s word Is 55:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 54 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָלֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6743/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 118:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.25/)

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אָנָּ֣א יְ֭הוָה הוֹשִׁ֘יעָ֥ה נָּ֑א אָֽנָּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥ה נָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* please! O.Yahweh save please please! O.Yahweh grant success please

*JPS 1917:* We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now! We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper!

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[Proverbs 28:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.13/)

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מְכַסֶּ֣ה פְ֭שָׁעָיו לֹ֣א יַצְלִ֑יחַ וּמוֹדֶ֖ה וְעֹזֵ֣ב יְרֻחָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].conceals transgressions his not he.will.prosper and \[one.who\].confesses and \[one.who\].forsakes.\[them\] he.will.be.shown.mercy

*JPS 1917:* He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

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