שָׁלָה shâlâh — to mislead

pronounced shaw-law' · Strong's H7952 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Niph'al

Translated in the KJV as deceive, be negligent.

a primitive root (probably identical with H7953 through the idea of educing); to mislead.

shâlâh in each stem

Hiph'il 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

תַשְׁלֶ֖ה 2Kgs 4:28 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? (KJV)

Niph'al 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Jussive 1

תִּשָּׁל֑וּ 2Chr 29:11 Jussive, 2nd person masculine plural

My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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