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title: סָלַח — forgive · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָלַח (lemma:סָלַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: forgive. BDB 1906: vb. forgive, pardon. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָלַח

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«סָלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **forgive** — 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:** lemma:סָלַח · **BDB:** סָלַח

### Glosses

you (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

forgive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. forgive, pardon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. forgive, pardon (𝔗 סְלַח id., NH סְלִיחָה forgiveness);— Pf. 2 ms. סָלַחְתָּ Ex 34:9 + 9 times, סָלָ֑חְתָּ La 3:42 + 2 times; 1 s. סָלַחְתִּי Nu 14:20 + 2 times; Impf. 3 ms. יִסְלַח 30:6 + 4 times; 1 s. אֶסְלַח Je 31:34 + 3 times + 5:7 Qr (Kt אֶסְלוֹח); Imv. סְלַח Nu 14:19 Am 7:2; סְלָ֑חָה Dn 9:19; Inf. סְלֹחַ Dt 29:19; 2 K 24:4; סְלוֹחַ Is 55:7; Pt. act. סֹלֵחַ ψ 103:3;—forgive, pardon, always of God: abs. Nu 14:20 (J), 1 K 8:30, 39 = 2 Ch 6:21, 30, 2 K 24:4; Is 55:7; Am 7:2; La 3:42; Dn 9:19; c. לְ, of the sin Ex 34:9; Nu 14:19 (both J), Je 31:34; 33:8; 36:3 ψ 25:11; 103:3; 1 K 8:34, 36 = 2 Ch 6:25, 27, 2 Ch 7:14; + לְ, of sinner Dt 29:19; 1 K 8:50 = 2 Ch 6:39, 2 K 5:18(×2); Je 5:1, 7; 50:20, and in law, Nu 30:6, 9, 13 (P). Pf. 3 ms. נִסְלַח, c. לְ, term. techn. in code of P, it shall be forgiven him לוֹ Lv 4:26, 31, 35; 5:10, 13, 16, 18, 26; 19:22 Nu 15:28; them לָהֶם Lv 4:20 Nu 15:25; לְכָל־עֲדַת וגו׳ v 26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.7/)

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אֵ֤י לָזֹאת֙ אֶֽסְלַֽח־לָ֔ךְבָּנַ֣יִךְ עֲזָב֔וּנִי וַיִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ בְּלֹ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַ אוֹתָם֙ וַיִּנְאָ֔פוּ וּבֵ֥ית זוֹנָ֖ה יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* where? for this will.I.forgive (to) you children your they have.forsaken.me and they.have.sworn by not gods and I.satisfied them and they.committed.adultery and.\[the\] house of.a.prostitute they.cut.themselves

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore should I pardon thee? The children have forsaken Me, and sworn by no-gods; and when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

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