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title: שַׁלְוָה — quietness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁלְוָה (7962), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: quietness. BDB 1906: n.f. quietness, ease. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁלְוָה

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«שַׁלְוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quietness** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 7962 · **BDB:** שַׁלְוָה

### Glosses

security (7); prosperity (1); securiti(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quietness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7962/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. quietness, ease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7962/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. quietness, ease;—abs. שׁ׳ ψ 122:7 +; cstr. שַׁלְוַת Ez 16:49; Pr 1:32; pl. sf. שַׁלְוֹתַ֫יִךְ Je 22:21 (שַׁלְוָתֵךְ Vrss Gie);—quietness, peace, Pr 17:1 (opp. רִיב), ψ 122:7 (‖ שָׁלוֹם); ease, careless security, Ez 16:49 (שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט), Pr 1:32; prosperity, Je 22:21; בְּשׁ׳ in (time of) security (of sudden attack), if not unawares Dn 8:25; 11:21, 24 (Thes Ew Hi Ke al.); cf. ܡܶܢ ܣܒܶܠܝ lit. out of quiet, i.e. suddenly, unawares (e.g. 1 Macc 1:30 = ἐξάπινα), מִן שִׁלְיָא 𝔗 Pr 3:25; 6:15 (= פִּתְאֹם), ψ 30:7 v. \[שָׁ֫לוּ\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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 «שַׁלְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7962/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 122:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.7/)

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יְהִֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be peace in rampart your security in fortresses your

*JPS 1917:* Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

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[Psalms 30:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.30.7/)

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וַ֭אֲנִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִ֑י בַּל־אֶמּ֥וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I I.said in prosperity my not I.will.be.shaken forever of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* Now I had said in my security: 'I shall never be moved.'

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