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title: שְׁלִי — quietness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁלִי (7987), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: quietness. BDB 1906: quietness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁלִי

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«שְׁלִי» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7987 · **BDB:** שְׁלִי

### Glosses

quietness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quietness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7987/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

quietness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7987/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] quietness;—בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי 2 S 3:27, i.e. quietly, privately (cf. ܒܫܶܠܝܳܐ often in the same sense PS 4167).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7987/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 3:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.27/)

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וַיָּ֤שָׁב אַבְנֵר֙ חֶבְר֔וֹן וַיַּטֵּ֤הוּ יוֹאָב֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ הַשַּׁ֔עַר לְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ הַחֹ֔מֶשׁ וַיָּ֕מָת בְּדַ֖ם עֲשָׂה־אֵ֥לעֲשָׂה־אֵ֥ל אָחִֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned Abner Hebron and he turned.him.aside Joab into the.middle of the.gate to speak with him in (the) quietness and he struck.him there the belly and he.died for the.blood of Asahel brother his

*JPS 1917:* And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the groin, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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