צְלַח

Biblical Aramaic

prosper — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

prosper tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צְלַח: vb. prosper tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. prosper (v. BH 11. צלח);— Pf. 3 ms. הַצְלַח Dn 3:30; 6:29; Pt. מַצְלַח Ezr 5:8, pl. -לְחִין 6:14;—) cause to prosper Dn 3:30 (c. ל pers.). shew prosperity, be properous 6:29 (of pers.); have success (in building) Ezr 6:14; be successful (of work) 5:8 (בְּיֶדְהֹם).

Jastrow 1903

צְלַח: to split, pass through to be successful, prosper; to become fit to split to pass through; to do thing successfully; to prosper Pe. to cause to succeed, prosper tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

to split, pass through. Targ. I Chr. II, 54. Ib. XI, 18 צ׳ ארחא (h. text ויבקעו). to be successful, prosper; to become fit. Targ. Jer. XX, 11. Targ. Prov. XXVIII, 13; a. fr. to split. Targ. O. Gen. XXII, 3. Targ. I Chr. XXI, 23.—B. Mets. 79ᵃ נְצַלְּחֵיה לציבי וכ׳ let him chop it into chips and use it. B. Kam. 113ᵇ זבין … לצַלָּחָא bought a palm, in partnership with a gentile, to chop it up (and divide it). Sabb. 119ᵃ רבה … מְצַלְּחֵי וכ׳ Rabbah and R. J. used to chop wood themselves (in preparation for the Sabbath). Ib. 129ᵃ; a. e. to pass through; to do a thing successfully; to prosper. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 29. Targ. ib. XXIX, 8 (O. ed. Vien. Pe.). Targ. O. a. Y. I ib. XXXII, 15 אצ׳ תקוף succeeded in gaining strength. Targ. I Kings I, 34 (h. text יחי); a. fr.—Men. 43ᵃ וא׳ עיסקייהו and their business prospered. Erub. 45ᵃ אי מַצְלַח וכ׳ whether or not he shall succeed. Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot. ולא מַצְלְחָא מה דו עבדא (not מצלח) and she will not succeed in what she wants to do. B. Bath. 3ᵇ כל עבדא … מצלח any slave that will now rebel, shall succeed; Yalk. Deut. 913. R. Hash. 16ᵃ דמצלח זרעא וכ׳ that the winter seed thrives; a. fr. to cause to succeed, prosper. Targ. Gen. XXIV, 21. Targ. Jer. III, 19 (h. text אשיתך); a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 13 תַצְלִיחַ, v. עֲבַד I.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: prospering (2); he caused to prosper (1); he prospered (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:29 · tree →

וְדָנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הַצְלַ֖ח בְּמַלְכ֣וּת דָּרְיָ֑וֶשׁ וּבְמַלְכ֖וּת כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ פָּרְסָאָֽה׃פ

Word for word: and Daniel this he.prospered in the.reign of.Darius and in the.reign of.Cyrus the Persian

JPS 1917: So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

Daniel 3:30 · tree →

בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א הַצְלַ֛ח לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֛ךְ וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ בִּמְדִינַ֥ת בָּבֶֽל׃פ

Word for word: then the king he.caused.to.prosper (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego in the.province of.Babylon

JPS 1917: Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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