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Strong's #6743 - צָלֵחַ
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- (Qal) to rush
- to advance, prosper, make progress, succeed, be profitable
- (Qal) to prosper
- (Hiphil)
- to make prosperous, bring to successful issue, cause to prosper
- to show or experience prosperity, prosper
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2662) hly (תסלהה TsLHh) AC: Advance CO: Bowl AB: ?: A pushing forward or up as the sides of a pot or bowl. [from: ly- deep a bowl]
V) hly (תסלהה TsLHh) - Advance: To move forward in distance, position or in prosperity. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (69): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) prosper, come, effect, good, meet, break, went, promote - Strongs: H6743 (צָלֵחַ), H6744 (צְלַח)
Nf1) ehly (תסלההה TsLHhH) - Bowl: As advancing up the sides. KJV (1): pan - Strongs: H6745 (צַלַּחַת)
Nf2) thly (תסלההת TsLHhT) - Bowl: As advancing up the sides. KJV (3): bosom, dish - Strongs: H6747 (צֵלַחַת)
cf4) tihfly (תסלוההית TsLWHhYT) - Bowl: As advancing up the sides. KJV (1): cruse - Strongs: H6746 (צְלֹחִית)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular וְצָֽלְחָה consecutive 1 Samuel 10:6; 3 plural צָֽלְחוּ 2 Samuel 19:18; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצְלַח Amos 5:6 (see below), 3 feminine singular וַתִּצְלַח Judges 14:6 +; — rush, הַיַּרְדֵּן׳וְצ 2 Samuel 19:18 they rushed into the Jordan (dubious, see Dr HPS), כָּאֵשׁ בֵּית יוֺסֵף׳יִצ Amos 5:6 lest he rush like fire upon the house of Joseph (or O house, etc. GASm; Now conjecture יַצִּית בָּאֵשׁ); especially of sudden possession by (אֱהִֹים) ׳רוּחַ י, with עַל, with person Judges 14:6 the Spirit . . . rushed upon him, so Judges 14:19; Judges 15:14; 1 Samuel 10:6,10; 1 Samuel 11:6; with אֶל person 1 Samuel 16:13 and (of רָעָה׳רוּחַ צ) 1 Samuel 18:10.
II. [צָלֵחַ, צָלַח] verb advance, prosper (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician Pi`el causative in proper name; Arabic be good condition, compare Sabean תצלךְ SabDenkm93; Aramaic צְלַח, prosper ); —
Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular צָלֵ֑חָה Jeremiah 12:1; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִצְלַח Jeremiah 13:7 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular צְלַח; — prosper, of way of wicked Jeremiah 12:1 compare Numbers 14:41; Isaiah 53:10; Isaiah 54:17; Ezekiel 17:9,10; Daniel 11:27; with ל of thing, = be good for anything Jeremiah 13:7,10; Ezekiel 15:4; subject person, absolute, Jeremiah 22:30,20; Ezekiel 17:15; Psalm 45:5 be successful ! וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּבָה Ezekiel 16:13 and thou didst prosper to royalty (dubious; strike out ᵐ5 Co Toy; >Sta ZAW vi (1886), 337f. Krae לִמְלָאכָה i.e. harlotry).
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִצְלִיחַ Genesis 24:21,2masculine singular וְהִצְלַחְתָּ֫ 1 Chronicles 22:11, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַצְלִיחַ Nehemiah 2:20 +, וַיַּצְלַח 1 Chronicles 29:23; 2 Chronicles 32:30, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַצְלַח 1 Kings 22:12 +, הַצְלִ֫יחָה Nehemiah 1:11, יִ֯חָ֫ה Psalm 118:25, etc.; Participle מַצְלִיחַ Genesis 24:42 +; —
1 make prosperous, bring to successful issue, of ׳י, with accusative of man's way (דֶּרֶךְ), Genesis 24:21,40,42,56 (J), with accusative of thing Genesis 39:3,23 (J), with accusative of person 2 Chronicles 26:5, with ל person Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 2:20; absolute send success Psalm 118:25; human subject with accusative דֶּרֶךְ Deuteronomy 28:29; Joshua 1:8 (D), Isaiah 48:15; Psalm 37:7, so probably Psalm 1:3 (al. below 2), 2 Chronicles 7:11; with accusative מִרְמָה Daniel 8:25.
2 shew, experience, prosperity, of men 1 Kings 22:12,15 2 Chronicles 18:11,14; Jeremiah 2:37 (+ ל person in reference to whom) Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 32:5; 1 Chronicles 22:11,13; 1 Chronicles 29:23; 2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 14:6; 2 Chronicles 20:20; 24:20; 31:21; 32:30 (בְּכָלמַֿעֲשֵׂהוּ), Proverbs 28:13; Daniel 8:12 (of horn), Daniel 8:24; Daniel 11:36; אִישׁ מַצְלִיחַ Genesis 39:2 (J) a prosperous man; subject דֶּרֶךְ Judges 18:5 (compare Psalm 1:3 above), ׳י's word Isaiah 55:11.
III. צלח (√ of following; Late Hebrew צְלֹחִית = Biblical Hebrew; compare Aramaic צְלוּחִיתָא, (in Lexicons) flat dish; Ethiopic Amharic (see Prä Amh. Spr. § 65 c); Arabic , all bowl, dish; see Frä63. 170).
[צְלַח] verb prosper (see Biblical Hebrew II. צלח); —
Haph`el Perfect 3 masculine singular הַצְלַח Daniel 3:30; Daniel 6:29; Participle מַצְלַח Ezra 5:8, plural לְחִין- Ezra 6:14; —
1 cause to prosper Daniel 3:30 (with ל person).
2 shew prosperity, be prosperous Daniel 6:29 (of person); have success (in building) Ezra 6:14; be successful (of work) Ezra 5:8 (בְּיֶדְהֹם).
צָלֵחַ fut. יִצְלַח
(1) to go over or through (as a river), followed by an acc. 2 Samuel 19:18. (Compare צֵלָחָה.)
(2) to attack, to fall upon, used of the Spirit of Jehovah falling upon a man; followed by עַל Judges 14:19, 15:14 1 Samuel 10:10, 11:6 followed by אֶל 1 Samuel 16:13, 18:10 used of God himself breaking forth upon men, poet. followed by an acc. Amos 5:6. (Compare בּוֹא No. 2, d.)
(3) to go on well, to prosper, to succeed as an affair, (comp. Germ. durchgehn, Fortgang haben; Lat. lex perfertur; Heb. אָשַׁר, כָּשַׁר), Isaiah 53:10 comp. 54:17 used of a man in an affair, Psalms 45:5; Jeremiah 22:30 to flourish, of a plant (fortkommen), Ezekiel 17:9, 10 Ezekiel 17:10. Followed by לְ to prosper for anything, to be fit for anything, Jeremiah 13:7, 10 Jeremiah 13:10. (Arab. صَلُحَ to be fit.)
Hiphil
(1) trans. to make successful, to prosper
(a) any one’s affair, Genesis 24:21, 56 Genesis 24:56, 39:3, 23 Genesis 39:23.
(b) any person, followed by an acc. of person, 2 Chronicles 26:5 followed by לְ Nehemiah 1:11, 2:20.
(2) to accomplish prosperously, to finish well, 2 Chronicles 7:11; Daniel 8:25 especially with the nouns דַּרְכּוֹ, דְּרָכָיו to make one’s way or counsel prosper, to be successful, Deuteronomy 28:29. Psalms 37:7, מַצְלִיחַ דַּרְכּוֹ “one who is successful in all things.” Hence without the acc. to be successful, as an undertaking, Judges 18:5 as a person in any undertaking, 1 Kings 22:12, 15 1 Kings 22:15; 1 Chronicles 22:13, 29:23 2 Chronicles 18:14; Proverbs 28:13; Jeremiah 2:37.
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