H6743 — צָלַח (tsâlach)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H6743
Original: צָלַח (also spelled צָלֵחַ)
Transliteration: tsâlach
Pronunciation: tsaw-lakh'
Part of Speech: Verb (primitive root)
Occurrences: 64 unique verses (92 tokens) across 18 books
First Occurrence: Gen 24:21 — "And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous (hitslîaḥ) or not."
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

A primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive): — break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).

Note: Strong's lists H6743 (Hebrew) separately from H6744 (Aramaic צְלַח, used in Dan 3:30; 6:28; Ezra 5:8; 6:14). Both share the core sense "to prosper/advance successfully."

Verb Stem Distribution¶

Stem	Count	Typical Meaning
Qal	~25	to rush, advance, succeed intransitively; "the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him"; "it will/shall prosper"
Hiphil	~40	causative: "to make prosperous," "cause to succeed," "prosper [something]"; subject is often YHWH or a human agent whose success is granted

[Tallied from hebrew_parser.py --lemma צלח; Noun entries (H6746/H6747 "pan") and Aramaic Haphel forms (H6744) excluded.]

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
prosper / prospered / prosperous / prosperity / prosperously	36	56%
came (mightily) — of the Spirit	7	11%
shall / shalt / it shall / will	~10	16%
went over	1	2%
break out	1	2%
be good / be meet / be profitable	3	5%
send (on one's way)	1	2%
other contextual renderings	~6	9%

[From search_strongs.py --lookup: consolidated from 49 distinct KJV phrases.]

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Daniel	5	1.4
2 Chronicles	10	1.2
Amos	1	0.7
Judges	4	0.6
1 Samuel	5	0.6
Genesis	7	0.5
Nehemiah	2	0.5
Jeremiah	7	0.5
Ezekiel	5	0.4
Isaiah	4	0.3
1 Chronicles	3	0.3
Joshua	1	0.2
1 Kings	2	0.2
Psalms	4	0.2
Numbers	1	0.1
Deuteronomy	1	0.1
Proverbs	1	0.1
2 Samuel	1	0.1

Pattern: Densest in Daniel and Chronicles. Chronicles concentrates the "prosperity of covenant-faithful kings" motif (Solomon, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Uzziah, Hezekiah). Daniel concentrates the verb's darker ironic edge (the little horn, the willful king). Genesis anchors the positive paradigm around Abraham's servant and Joseph. Judges/Samuel carry the distinctive Qal of the Spirit "rushing" on charismatic leaders (Samson, Saul, David).

Semantic Categories¶

1. YHWH grants success on a commissioned journey or task¶

Gen 24:21 — "whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous"
Gen 24:40, 42, 56 — Abraham's servant; divinely guided mission
Neh 1:11; 2:20 — "The God of heaven, he will prosper us"
Isa 55:11 — "it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (God's word)

2. Human prospering tied to covenant obedience¶

Jos 1:8 — "thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success"
1 Chr 22:11, 13 — Solomon will prosper if he keeps the statutes
2 Chr 26:5 — "as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper"
2 Chr 31:21; 32:30 — Hezekiah "prospered" in all his works
Pro 28:13 — "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper"

3. Failed prospering — divine prevention of wicked plans¶

Num 14:41 — "it shall not prosper" (going up without the Lord)
Jer 2:37; 22:30 — Judah's disloyalty will not prosper
Jer 32:5 — "though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper"
Eze 17:9, 10, 15 — rhetorical "shall it prosper?" (Zedekiah's rebellion)
Isa 54:17 — "No weapon formed against thee shall prosper"

4. The Spirit of YHWH "rushing" on a person (Qal only)¶

Jdg 14:6, 19; 15:14 — "the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon" Samson
1 Sam 10:6, 10; 11:6 — upon Saul (prophesying, kindled anger)
1 Sam 16:13 — upon David "from that day forward"
1 Sam 18:10 — even an "evil spirit from God" rushed upon Saul (same verb, same construction)

Distinctive Qal idiom: tsalach al ("rush upon / come mightily upon") — sudden divine empowerment. This is not prosperity in the financial sense but forceful breakthrough.

5. Prospering of the wicked (unresolved tension)¶

Jer 5:28; 12:1 — "wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?"
Psa 37:7 — "because of him who prospereth in his way"
Psa 73-style theodicy — foil for the question "why do the wicked succeed?"

6. Prospering applied to tyrannical powers (Daniel)¶

Dan 8:12 — of the little horn: hiṣlîḥāh "and it practiced, and prospered" (Hiphil Perf 3fs)
Dan 8:24 — "he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise"
Dan 8:25 — "he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand"
Dan 11:27 — "it shall not prosper" (Qal, of the kings' lying conference)
Dan 11:36 — "he shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished"

In Daniel, the verb's normally positive sense is held in ironic tension: the horn/king genuinely succeeds (the verb is never negated there), yet the success is bounded ("till the indignation be accomplished") and morally disordered. The Hebrew does not carry the moral judgment — context supplies it.

7. Messianic and servant contexts¶

Isa 53:10 — "the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand" (Qal, Suffering Servant)
Isa 48:15 — "I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous" (Cyrus)
Psa 45:4(5) — "in thy majesty ride prosperously" (royal / messianic king)
Psa 118:25 — "O LORD, send now prosperity" (Hosanna Psalm)

8. "Break out / go over" (extended physical sense)¶

2 Sam 19:17(18) — the people "went over" Jordan
Amos 5:6 — "lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occ	Typical Pattern
יְהֹוָה YHWH	H3068	34x (53%)	subject of causative prosper-ing; "the LORD made/will prosper"
עַל ʻal	H5921	23x (36%)	"upon" — esp. tsalach al = Spirit rushing "upon" someone
לֹא lôʼ	H3808	21x (33%)	negation — "shall NOT prosper" (very high, reflects prophetic-judgment idiom)
כֹּל kôl	H3605	17x (27%)	"all that he did prospered" (totalizing success formula)
אָמַר ʼâmar	H559	15x (23%)	speech contexts: prophetic declaration
אֱלֹהִים Elohim	H430	14x (22%)	divine agency of prosperity
עָשָׂה ʻâsâh	H6213	14x (22%)	"do / make" — parallel verb; what one does prospers (or fails)
יָד yâd	H3027	12x (19%)	"prosper in [his] hand" — idiom for agency/undertaking
דֶּרֶךְ derek	H1870	10x (16%)	"prosperous way" — journey/path idiom
מֶלֶךְ melek	H4428	10x (16%)	kings: prospering or failing to prosper
רוּחַ rûaḥ	H7307	10x (16%)	"Spirit rushed upon" — Qal charismatic idiom
בַּיִת bayith	H1004	10x (16%)	"prospered in the house" (Joseph; Solomon's house)
נָתַן nâthan	H5414	10x (16%)	God "gave" prosperity

Word Family / Cognates¶

H6744 צְלַח (tselach) — Aramaic cognate verb: "to prosper" (Dan 3:30; 6:28; Ezra 5:8; 6:14). Same root sense.
H6738 צֵל (tsel) — shadow (homophonous root, unrelated).
Possible derivatives in the noun system, though most "צלח" nouns (H6746 tsallaḥath "pan"; H6747 tselōḥiyth "cruse") are from a separate homonymous root meaning "flat/shallow vessel" and unrelated to "prosper."

Synonyms¶

No direct synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H6743.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for H6743.

Easily Confused Words (KJV overlap on "prosper")¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
שָׂכַל sākal	H7919	"prosper" (2v); "and prosper" (1v)	sākal = prosper as the outworking of insight/wisdom ("act wisely → succeed"); tsâlach = prosper as forward motion/breakthrough, granted or withheld
שָׁלָה shālâ	H7951	"prosper" (2v)	shālâ = be at ease, quietly tranquil (stative); tsâlach = active advance
שָׁלוֹם shālôm	H7965	"prosperous"	shālôm = peace/well-being state; tsâlach = verb of advancing
שָׁלַם shālam	H7999	"prosperous"	shālam = be complete/at peace; tsâlach = push forward
כָּשֵׁר kāshēr	H3787	"shall prosper" (1v)	kāshēr = be right/fitting (Qoheleth); tsâlach = breakthrough/prosper

Easily Confused Words (LXX overlap on εὐοδόω)¶

Hebrew words besides H6743 that LXX renders with εὐοδόω include H7919 (sākal), H3474 (yāshar — "be straight / right"), and H6743 itself as dominant source. LXX flattens sākal and tsâlach into the same Greek verb.

Semantic Domains¶

UBS / Relationship Domains¶

[002003003020] Succeed — the primary relationship-tool field for tsalach: success, prosperity, and effective advance.
[002001001024] Impact — reflects the root's push-forward / break-out force in both literal and figurative uses.
[002001001056] Stage — a broader progress/advance neighborhood returned by search_relationships.py.
[002002002008] Role — fits the repeated "prosper in his hand / in his role" agency contexts in the corpus.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Strong's	Co-occ	PMI	Notes
εὐοδόω (euodoō)	G2137	32	8.16	Primary bridge. "To have a good journey / prosper"
κατευθύνω (kateuthynō)	G2720	12	6.46	"Direct straight" — overlaps with "prosperous way" idiom
πνεῦμα (pneuma)	G4151	7	3.31	Collocational, not translational — appears in Qal "Spirit rushed" verses
ὁδός (hodós)	G3598	11	2.61	Collocational ("prosper his way")
προφητεύω (prophēteuō)	G4395	4	3.94	Collocational — Qal Spirit verses in Samuel
παραβαίνω (parabainō)	G3845	3	4.89	Rare — negated contexts
ἐκζητέω (ekzēteō)	G1567	4	3.80	Collocational ("sought God and prospered")
διαφθείρω (diaphtheirō)	G1311	3	4.12	Jer/Eze ruin contexts

The LXX consistently bridges tsâlach → εὐοδόω, the verb that in the NT surfaces in 1 Cor 16:2 ("as God hath prospered him"), Rom 1:10, and 3 John 2.