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title: צָלַח — rush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צָלַח (lemma:צָלַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: rush. BDB 1906: vb. rush. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צָלַח

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«צָלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rush** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:צָלַח · **BDB:** צָלַח

### Glosses

it.rushed (7); he.should.rush (1); it.will.rush (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rush;—(Thes al. cp. 𝔗 צְלַח, Syriac ܨܠܰܚ, cleave, penetrate, then advance, v. foll.);— Pf. 3 fs. וְצָֽלְחָה consec. 1 S 10:6; 3 pl. וְצָֽלְחוּ 2 S 19:18; Impf. 3 ms. יִצְלַח Am 5:6 (v. infr.), 3 fs. וַתִּצְלַח Ju 14:6 +;—rush, וְצ׳ הַיַּרְדֵּן 2 S 19:18 they rushed into the Jordan (dub., v. Dr HPS), יִצ׳ כָּאֵשׁ בֵּית יוֹסֵף Am 5:6 lest he rush like fire upon the house of Joseph (or O house, etc. GASm; Now conj. יַצִּית בָּאֵשׁ); especially of sudden possession by (אֱלֹהִים) רוּחַ י׳, c. עַל pers. Ju 14:6 the Spirit … rushed upon him, so v 19; 15:14 1 S 10:6, 10; 11:6; c. אֶל pers. 16:13 and (of רוּחַ א׳ רָעָה) 18:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צָלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 10:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.6/)

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וְצָלְחָ֤ה עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וְהִתְנַבִּ֖יתָ עִמָּ֑ם וְנֶהְפַּכְתָּ֖ לְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.rush on you the.spirit of.Yahweh and you.will.prophesy with them and you.will.be.changed into a.man another

*JPS 1917:* And the spirit of the LORD will come mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

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[1 Samuel 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.6/)

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וַתִּצְלַ֤ח רֽוּחַ־אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־שָׁא֔וּל כְּשָׁמְע֖וֹ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיִּ֥חַר אַפּ֖וֹ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and it.rushed the.spirit of.God on Saul just as he.heard (et) the words (the) these and it.burned anger his exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

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