Lexical Definition

‎שַׁלְוָה‎ shalvâh (shal-vaw') ease ^H:N-F
from ‎שָׁלָה‎

abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.

• security (genuine or false)

1) quietness, ease, prosperity

See Greek: εἰρήνη · ἐξάπινα

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: she.le.vah (‎ש‎ְׁ‎ל‎ֵ‎ו‎ָ‎ה‎ "ease" שְׁלֵוָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שֶׁלֶו

‎שַׁלְוָה‎ noun feminine quietness, ease; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 122:7 +; construct ‎שַׁלְוִת‎ Ezek 16:49; Prov 1:32 plural suffix ‎שַׁלְוֺתַ֫יִךְ‎ Jer 22:21(‎שַׁלְוָתֵךְ‎ Vrss Gie); — quietnees, peace, Prov 17:1 (opposed to ‎רִיב‎), Ps 122:7, (|| ‎שָׁלוֺם‎); ease, careless security, Ezek 16:49 (‎שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט‎), Prov 1:32 prosperity, Jer 22:21; Dan 8:25; Dan 11:21; Dan 11:24 ‎׳‎‎בְּ‎ in (time of) security (of sudden attack), if not unawares (Thes Ew Hi Ke and others); compare literally out of quiet, i.e. suddenly, unawares (e.g. 1 Macc 1:30 = ἐξάπινα), ‎מִן שִׁלְיָא‎ ᵑ7 Prov 3:25; Prov 6:15 ( = ‎פִּתְאֹם‎), Ps 30:7* see [ ‎שָׁ֫לוּ‎]. AboveI. ‎שֵׁלָה‎ see ‎שְׁאֵלָה‎.

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