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title: שָׁלָה — be quiet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלָה (7951), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be quiet. BDB 1906: vb. be quiet, at ease. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלָה

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«שָׁלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be quiet** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7951 · **BDB:** שָׁלָה

### Glosses

they.are.at.ease (2); I.am.at.ease (1); are.they.at.ease? (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be quiet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7951/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be quiet, at ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7951/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be quiet, at ease (Ecclus 47:13 שלוה prosperity, 41:lc שליו prosperous, at ease; ܫܠܴܐ be tranquil, quiet, cease; 𝔗 שְׁלָא, שְׁלִי be at ease, then be careless, thoughtless, go astray \[for Heb. שָׁגָה, שָׁגַג

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7951/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 122:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.6/)

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שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* ask.for the.peace of.Jerusalem may.they.be.at.ease \[those who\].love.you

*JPS 1917:* Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.

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[Job 3:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.26/)

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לֹ֤א שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי ׀ וְלֹ֖א שָׁקַ֥טְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָ֗חְתִּי וַיָּ֥בֹא רֹֽגֶז׃פ

*Word for word:* not I.am.at.ease and not I.am.at.peace and not I.am.at.rest and it.has.come turmoil

*JPS 1917:* I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.

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