שָׁלָה
shâlâh · shaw-law'
to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׁלַו; (Job 3:26), a primitive root;
to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be happy, prosper, be in safety.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- prosper2 · 40%
- i was not in safety1 · 20%
- they shall prosper1 · 20%
- wherefore are all they happy1 · 20%
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.