צָלַח
tsâlach · tsaw-lakh'
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Lexicon
Derivation: or צָלֵחַ; a primitive root;
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
To pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 57 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- came5 · 11%
- and prosper5 · 11%
- and prospered4 · 9%
- prosperous3 · 6%
- shall prosper3 · 6%
- prosper2 · 4%
- to prosper2 · 4%
- but it shall not prosper2 · 4%
- and thou shalt not prosper2 · 4%
- came mightily2 · 4%
- shall it prosper2 · 4%
- and shall prosper2 · 4%
- had made1 · 2%
- with thee, and prosper1 · 2%
- hath prospered1 · 2%
- and he was a prosperous1 · 2%
- made it to prosper1 · 2%
- therein: for then thou shalt make1 · 2%
- shall be prosperous1 · 2%
- will come1 · 2%
- with him; and they went over1 · 2%
- be with thee; and prosper1 · 2%
- then shalt thou prosper1 · 2%
- he prosperously effected1 · 2%
- for ye shall not prosper1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.