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title: שָׁלָה — be quiet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלָה (7952), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7952 · **BDB:** שָׁלָה

### Glosses

be.negligent (1); you.must.deceive (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be quiet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7952/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be quiet, at ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7952/#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, 0 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/1513/7952/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 4:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.28/)

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וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּי בֵ֖ן מֵאֵ֣ת אֲדֹנִ֑י הֲלֹ֣א אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹ֥א תַשְׁלֶ֖ה אֹתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and she.said did I.ask.for? a.son from with lord my ? not did.I.say not you.must.deceive me

*JPS 1917:* Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'

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[2 Chronicles 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.11/)

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בָּנַ֕י עַתָּ֖ה אַל־תִּשָּׁל֑וּ כִּֽי־בָכֶ֞ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲמֹ֤ד לְפָנָיו֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וְלִהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* my.sons my now do.not be.negligent (dm) (in) you he.has.chosen Yahweh to stand before him to serve him and to be his servants and makers.of.smoke

*JPS 1917:* My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.'

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