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title: שָׁלֵיו — ease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלֵיו (7961), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: ease. BDB 1906: adj. quiet, at ease. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלֵיו

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«שָׁלֵיו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ease** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7961 · **BDB:** שָׁלֵו

### Glosses

at.ease (7); ease (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7961/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. quiet, at ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7961/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (LagBN 43), שָׁלֵיו, שְׁלֵיו adj. quiet, at ease;— of pers. at ease, שָׁלֵו Jb 16:12, שָׁלֵיו 21:23 (Köii. 1, 83); of nation, שְׁלֵיו (poss. diminutive Köii. 1. 144) Je 49:31 (‖ יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח); prosperous, of city fs. שְׁלִוָה Zc 7:7; of wicked, mpl. cstr. וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֹלָם ψ 73:12 (RenanH. iii. 131 proposes יִשְׁלָיוּ עֲוִילִים). of land, quiet, שְׁלֵוָה 1 Ch 4:40 (‖ שֹׁקֶטֶת). in לֹא יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֹ Jb 20:20 שׁ׳ is appar. n.abstr. quiet, ease, so Di De al., read שַׁלְוָה Siegf Bu, Du (after 𝔊) לֹא שָׁלֵו בְּמַטְמֹנוֹ; שָׁלֵו Ez 23:42 is corrupt, Hi Co Berthol (cf. Da) שָׁרוּ sang, Toy שָׁרִים, Krae שִׁרִים.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלֵיו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7961/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 73:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.12/)

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הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* here! these \[are\].wicked.\[people\] and.\[people\] at.ease of.perpetuity they.increase wealth

*JPS 1917:* Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.

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[Job 21:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.23/)

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זֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּעֶ֣צֶם תֻּמּ֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃

*Word for word:* this.\[one\] he.will.die in the.substance his.completeness his of.him all \[is\].at.ease and at.ease

*JPS 1917:* One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;

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