שָׁלוּ
shâlûw · shaw-loo'
a fault
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or שָׁלוּת; (Aramaic), from the same as H7955 (שָׁלָה);
a fault
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: error, [idiom] fail, thing amiss.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלוּ 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- now that ye fail1 · 25%
- fail1 · 25%
- any thing amiss1 · 25%
- error1 · 25%
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.