Quick Definition
to extract
Strong's Definition
to draw out or off, i.e. remove (the soul by death)
Derivation: a primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of H5394 (נָשַׁל), H7997 (שָׁלַל) and their congeners through the idea of extracting);
KJV Usage: take away.
TWOT Reference: 2393
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלָה (sha.lah) — to extract. (Qal) to draw out, extract
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] vb. draw out, extract;—Qal Jb 27:8 ref