Hebrew verb · H7951
שָׁלָה
shalahshaw-law'
to prosper
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7951is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7951
to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful
The King James renders it: be happy, prosper, be in safety.
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
shalah is rendered "to prosper". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 3:26I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
Job 3:26שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- are they at ease1
- I am at ease1
- may they be at ease1
- they are at ease1
- they are at peace1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁלַח | shalach | to send: depart | Uses845 |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ | shalosh | three | Uses432 |
| שָׁלוֹם | shalom | peace | Uses236 |
| שָׁלַךְ | shalak | to throw | Uses125 |
| שָׁלַם | shalam | to complete | Uses116 |
| שָׁלָל | shalal | spoil | Uses73 |
| שָׁלֵם | shalem | complete | Uses28 |
| שָׁלִישׁ | shalish | third | Uses20 |
| שָׁלַל | shalal | to take | Uses16 |
| שָׁלֵו | shalev | at ease | Uses8 |
| שָׁלַט | shalat | to domineer | Uses8 |
| שָׁלוּ | shalu | neglect | Uses4 |
and 7 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ1
- יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ1
- שָׁל֖וּ1
- שָׁל֔וּ1
- שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
Job
two uses
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
- שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀shalavtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am at ease
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
- יִשְׁלָ֤יוּyishlayuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are at peace
Psalms
one use
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
- יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּyishlayuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be at ease
Jeremiah
one use
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?
- שָׁל֖וּshaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: are they at ease
Lamentations
one use
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
- שָׁל֔וּshaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are at ease
Where it leads
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 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.