סָלַח
sa.lach
“to forgive”
Definition
to forgive
a primitive root;
- to forgive, pardon 1a) (Qal) to forgive, pardon 1b) (Niphal) to be forgiven
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
סָלַח appears 40 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
Let the wicked man forsake his own wayand the unrighteous man his own thoughts;let him return to the LORD,that He may have compassion,and to our God,for He will freely pardon.
The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
He is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
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