Quick Definition
to neglect
Strong's Definition
to mislead
Derivation: a primitive root (probably identical with H7953 (שָׁלָה) through the idea of educing);
KJV Usage: deceive, be negligent.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלָה (sha.lah) — to neglect. 1) (Niphal) to be negligent 2) (Hiphil) to mislead Aramaic equivalent: sha.lah (שָׁלָה "error" H7955)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׁלֵו · שָׁלוּ · שַׁלְוָה · שְׁלִי · שִׁלְיָה · שְׁלֵה
Confident | verb qal | ≈ בַּטֻּחֹות · נוח · שָׁלֹום · שׁקט | ≠ רֹגֶז
to be at ease, to be at peace = state in which humans can live without fear or concerns, which is either or not appropriate depending on the situation
Lazy | verb nif
to be negligent literally: to be at ease; hence: = state in which humans are unconcerned about matters to the extent that it becomes problematic
Confident | verb hif
to give false hopes = causative action by which humans take away other humans' concern about a certain matter without a good reason
verb
Dead | verb qal | ≈ בצע
Collocation: שׁלה נֶפֶשׁ
to take away (someone's) life = causative action by which deities cause a person's life to end
1 JOB 27:8 RSV NIV NJPS NRSV REB ESV | NJB "raises ... soul" = נשׂא | GNT "demands ... life" = שׁאל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁלָה, שָׁלֵו] vb. be quiet, at ease Qal be (have) quiet
be at ease, prosper
Niph. be not negligent
Hiph. do not mislead me
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