שָׁלָה
shala · be at ease, prosper
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7951 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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shala (שָׁלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be at ease, prosper”.
To be at ease, secure and without worry; sometimes, to prosper.
How to say it
sha·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Live in calm and safety; prosper.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are at ease ×3
- be tranquil ×1
- been at ease ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 3:26
I have not been at ease, nor been calm, nor rested, and turmoil has come.”
- Job 12:6
The tents of devastators are at ease, and security belongs to those who provoke El, to the one who brings Eloah in his hand.
- Psalms 122:6
Ask for the peace of Jerusalem: may those who love you be tranquil;
- Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are you, YHWH, when I contend with you; yet judgments I will speak with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are at ease all who betray with betrayal?
- Lamentations 1:5
Her adversaries have become the head; her enemies are at ease, because YHWH has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her little children have gone into captivity before the adversary.