Strong's Lexicon

H7987

H7987 — שְׁלִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshliynoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2392b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7987
Word:שְׁלִי
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H7951
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:shliy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shel-ee'
Meaning:1. privacy
KJV Renderings:+ quietly.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8697

[שְׁלִי] noun [masculine] quietness; — בַּשֶּׁ֑לִי 2Sam 3:27, i.e. quietly, privately (compare [untranscribed source text 5550] often in the same sense PS4167).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מבשלים (’văsh-sheem’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: eu 25:11. taketh him by the (lit. his) secrets:
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