Lexical Definition

‎צָלַח‎ tsâlach (tsaw-lakh') to rush ^H:V
or צָלֵחַ tsâlêach (tsaw-lay'-akh); a primitive root

break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).

• to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

1) (Qal) to rush
2) to advance, prosper, make progress, succeed, be profitable
2a) (Qal) to prosper
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to make prosperous, bring to successful issue, cause to prosper
2b2) to show or experience prosperity, prosper

See Greek: ἅλλομαι · αὐξάνω · ἐπιτυγχάνω · εὐδοκέω · εὐοδόω · ἐφάλλομαι · κατευθύνω · πίπτω · χράομαι · χρήσιμος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: tse.lach (‎צ‎ְ‎ל‎ַ‎ח‎ "to prosper" צְלַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: צְלַח
I. [‎צָלַח‎] verb rush; — (Thes and others compare ᵑ7 ‎צְלַח‎, Syriac , cleave, penetrate, then advance, see following); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎וְצָֽלְחָה‎ consecutive 1Sam 10:6 3 plural ‎צָֽלְחוּ‎ 2Sam 19:18* Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִצְלַח‎ Amos 5:6 (see below), 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּצְלַח‎ Judg 14:6 +; — rush, ‎הַיַּרְדֵּן‎ ‎׳‎‎וְצ‎ 2Sam 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 Judg 14:6 the Spirit . . . ***rushed upon him, so vJudg 14:19; Judg 15:14; 1Sam 10:6; 1Sam 10:10; 1Sam 11:6 with ‎אֶל‎ person 1Sam 16:13 and (of ‎רָעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ צ‎) 1Sam 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 Jer 12:1 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִצְלַח‎ Jer 13:7 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎צְלַח‎; — prosper, of way of wicked Jer 12:1 compare Num 14:41; Isa 53:10; Isa 54:17; Ezek 17:9; Ezek 17:10; Dan 11:27 with ‎ל‎ of thing, = be good for anything Jer 13:7; Jer 13:10; Ezek 15:4 subject person, absolute, Jer 22:30; Jer 22:20; Ezek 17:15; Ps 45:5* be successful ! ‎וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּבָה‎ Ezek 16:13 and thou didst prosper to royalty (dubious; strike out ᵐ5 Co Toy; >Sta^{ZAW vi (1886), 337 f.} Krae ‎לִמְלָאכָה‎ i.e. harlotry). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִצְלִיחַ‎ Gen 24:21, 2 masculine singular ‎וְהִצְלַחְתָּ֫‎ 1Chr 22:11, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַצְלִיחַ‎ Neh 2:20 +, ‎וַיַּצְלַח‎ 1Chr 29:23; 2Chr 32:30, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הַצְלַח‎ 1Kgs 22:12 +, ‎הַצְלִ֫יחָה‎ Neh 1:11, ‎יִ֯חָ֫ה‎ Ps 118:25, etc.; Participle ‎מַצְלִיחַ‎ Gen 24:42 +; —

1. make prosperous, bring to successful issue, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, with accusative of man's way (‎דֶּרֶךְ‎), Gen 24:21; Gen 24:40; Gen 24:42; Gen 24:56 (J), with accusative of thing Gen 39:3; Gen 39:23 (J), with accusative of person 2Chr 26:5, with ‎ל‎ person Neh 1:11; Neh 2:20 absolute send success Ps 118:25 human subject with accusative ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Deut 28:29; Josh 1:8 (D), Isa 48:15; Ps 37:7, so probably Ps 1:3 (al. below 2), 2Chr 7:11 with accusative ‎מִרְמָה‎ Dan 8:25.

2. shew, experience, prosperity, of men 1Kgs 22:12; 1Kgs 22:15 = 2Chr 18:11; 2Chr 18:14; Jer 2:37 (+ ‎ל‎ person in reference to whom) Jer 5:28; Jer 32:5; 1Chr 22:11; 1Chr 22:13; 1Chr 29:23; 2Chr 13:12; 2Chr 14:6*; 2Chr 20:20; 2Chr 24:20; 2Chr 31:21; 2Chr 32:30 (‎בְּכָלמַֿעֲשֵׂהוּ‎), Prov 28:13; Dan 8:12 (of horn), vDan 8:24; Dan 11:36 ‎אִישׁ מַצְלִיחַ‎ Gen 39:2 (J) a prosperous man; subject ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Judg 18:5 (compare Ps 1:3 above), ‎׳‎‎י‎'s word Isa 55:11.

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