Hebrew verb · H6743
צָלַח
tsalachtsaw-lakh'
to rush; to prosper
65 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsâlach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6743is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 18 of 39Old Testament books
- 57spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6743
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
The King James renders it: break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsalach is rendered "to rush; to prosper". It stands 65 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.
- Ten of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to rush".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 24:21Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
- The Greek text spells it fifty-seven different ways.
The first use
Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
Genesis 24:21הַֽהִצְלִ֧יחַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to rush, and to prosper.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to rushStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 24:21Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a… |
| to prosperStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and it rushed7
- and succeed5
- and he will make successful3
- he will prosper3
- it will succeed3
- making successful3
- and he will succeed2
- you will make successful2
- you will prosper2
- you will succeed2
- ¿ had he made successful1
- ¿ is it successful1
and 31 more, 65 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 65, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
57 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְהַצְלַ֔ח3
- וַתִּצְלַ֨ח3
- וַתִּצְלַ֤ח3
- וְהִצְלִ֣יחַ2
- יִצְלַ֖ח2
- בְּמַצְלִ֣יחַ1
- הַֽהִצְלִ֧יחַ1
- הֲיִצְלַ֖ח1
- הֲיִצְלָ֤ח1
- הִצְלִ֣יחַ1
- הִצְלִֽיחַ׃ פ1
- הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥ה1
and 45 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3fs7Hc/Vqw3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular7HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vhq3ms6Hc/Vhq3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular4HVhrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HC/Vhv2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural3HVhi2mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhi2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqi3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Vhv2mp
- Hc/Vhw3ms2Hc/Vhw3ms
- question particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HTi/Vqi3ms
Genesis
seven uses
Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
- הַֽהִצְלִ֧יחַhahitzliachquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ had he made successful
And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
- וְהִצְלִ֣יחַvehitzliachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will make successful
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
- מַצְלִ֣יחַmatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: making successful
But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
- הִצְלִ֣יחַhitzliachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made successful
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- מַצְלִ֑יחַmatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: successful
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
- מַצְלִ֥יחַmatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: making successful
The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
- מַצְלִֽיחַ׃ סmatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: making successful
Numbers
one use
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
- תִצְלָֽח׃titzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will succeed
Deuteronomy
one use
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
- תַצְלִ֖יחַtatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make successful
Joshua
one use
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- תַּצְלִ֥יחַtatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will make successful
Judges
four uses
and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
- וַתִּצְלַ֨חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
- וַתִּצְלַ֨חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
- וַתִּצְלַ֨חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
- הֲתַצְלִ֣יחַhatatzliachquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: ¿ will it succeed
1 Samuel
five uses
Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.
- וְצָלְחָ֤הvetzalechahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will rush
When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.
- וַתִּצְלַ֤חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
- וַתִּצְלַ֤חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
- וַתִּצְלַ֤חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,
- וַתִּצְלַ֣חvatitzlachHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it rushed
2 Samuel
one use
along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king
- וְצָלְח֥וּvetzalechuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they rushed ahead
1 Kings
two uses
And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- וְהַצְלַ֔חvehatzlachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and succeed
When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”
- וְהַצְלַ֔חvehatzlachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and succeed
1 Chronicles
three uses
Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
- וְהִצְלַחְתָּ֗vehitzlachtaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will be successful
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
- תַּצְלִ֔יחַtatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be successful
So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
- וַיַּצְלַ֑חvaiyatzlachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he was successful
2 Chronicles
ten uses
When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,
- הִצְלִֽיחַ׃ פhitzliachverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made successful
Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
- תַצְלִֽיחוּ׃tatzlichuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will succeed
So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
- וַיַּצְלִֽיחוּ׃ פvaiyatzlichuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they prospered
And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- וְהַצְלַ֔חvehatzlachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and succeed
When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be given into your hand.”
- וְהַצְלִ֔יחוּvehatzlichuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and succeed
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- וְהַצְלִֽיחוּ׃vehatzlichuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and succeed
Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
- תַצְלִ֔יחוּtatzlichuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will prosper
He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
- הִצְלִיח֖וֹhitzlichoverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made prosper him
He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
- וְהִצְלִֽיחַ׃ פvehitzliachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he succeeded
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
- וַיַּצְלַ֥חvaiyatzlachHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he prospered
Nehemiah
two uses
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
- וְהַצְלִֽיחָה־vehatzlichah-conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: and grant success
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
- יַצְלִ֣יחַֽyatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will grant success
Psalms
four uses
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- יַצְלִֽיחַ׃yatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it succeeds
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- בְּמַצְלִ֣יחַbematzliachpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in makes prosperous
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- צְלַ֬חtzelachverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prosper
O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
- הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥הhatzlichahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: grant success
Proverbs
one use
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- יַצְלִ֑יחַyatzliachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prosper
Isaiah
four uses
I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
- וְהִצְלִ֥יחַvehitzliachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will make successful
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- יִצְלָֽח׃yitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will prosper
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- יִצְלָ֔חyitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will succeed
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- וְהִצְלִ֖יחַvehitzliachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and it has prospered
Jeremiah
eight uses
Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
- תַצְלִ֖יחִיtatzlichiverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will prosper
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- וְיַצְלִ֑יחוּveyatzlichuHC/Vhu3mptagged: so they may have success
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- צָלֵ֔חָהtzalechahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: does it prosper
So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
- יִצְלַ֖חyitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was profitable
These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
- יִצְלַ֖חyitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is profitable
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
- יִצְלַ֣חyitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prosper
- יִצְלַ֜חyitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prosper
He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
- תַצְלִֽיחוּ׃ פtatzlichuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will succeed
Ezekiel
five uses
No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
- הֲיִצְלַ֖חhayitzlachquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ is it successful
So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
- וַֽתִּצְלְחִ֖יvatitzlechiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you prospered
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
- תִּצְלָ֑חtitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: will it prosper
Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
- הֲתִצְלָ֑חhatitzlachquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: ¿ will it prosper
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
- הֲיִצְלָ֤חhayitzlachquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will he prosper
Daniel
five uses
And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.
- וְהִצְלִֽיחָה׃vehitzlichahHc/Vhq3fstagged: and it will succeed
His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
- וְהִצְלִ֣יחַvehitzliachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will succeed
Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.
- וְהִצְלִ֤יחַvehitzliachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will make successful
And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
- תִצְלָ֔חtitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will succeed
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- וְהִצְלִ֙יחַ֙vehitzliachHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will succeed
Amos
one use
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- יִצְלַ֤חyitzlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he should rush
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
