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šlw, šlwtˀ (šālū, šālūṯā) n.f. error
1
error
BAEzra, BADan, Sam, JBAg, LJLA
Ezra 4:22↗ וּזְהִירִין הֱווֹ שָׁלוּ לְמֶעְבַּד עַל־דְּנָה‏ : be careful of making an error concerning this ; Dan 6:5↗ כָּל־קֳבֵל דִּי־מְהֵימַן הוּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ וּשְׁחִיתָה לָא הִשְׁתְּכַחַת עֲלוֹהִי‏ : inasmuch as he was reliable and no fault or perversion could be found against him ; SShHai 5a(14) כל טעותא ושלותא‏ ; TgPs19:13↗ שלו{י}<ו>תא מן יחכם‏ : [=MT שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין] ; TgQoh5:5↗ ביום דינא רבא לא תיכול למימר קדם מלאכא אכזראה דרדי בך ארום שלותא היא‏ : at the Great Day of Judgment you will not be able to say to the cruel angel punishing you that it was a mistake
2
inadvertent error, something done without forethought
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBAg, LJLA
TgO Lev5:18↗ שָלוּתֵיה דְאִשתְלִי וְהוּא לָא יְדַע‏ : the inadvertent act he did unknowingly ; TN Num7:16↗ חובי שלות שבטה‏ : the inadvertent sins of the tribe ; TgQoh10:5↗ מה נזקא בעלמא בפתגמא דשלותא דנפקא מהחצפא על גברא מן קדם שולטן‏ : how much damage is done in the world through an inadvertent word hastily uttered about someone by the government
(1)
בְשָׁלוּ : adv. : inadvertently
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Lev4:2↗ אְנָש אְרֵי יְחוּב בְשָלוּ מִכֹל פִקוֹדַיָא דַיוי‏ : a man who inadvertently violates any of the Lord's commands ; TN Lev4:22↗ text not cited ; PJ Gen43:12↗ דילמא בשלו הוה‏
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בִתכֵיף שָׁלוּ : adv. : suddenly and inadvertently
JLAtg
TgO Num6:9↗ וַאֲרֵי יְמוּת מִיתָא עַלוֹהִי בִתכֵיף שָלוּ‏ : should someone die on him suddenly and unexpectedly ; TgJ Is30:13↗ בִתכֵיף שָלוּ יֵיתֵי תְבָרַה‏ : its destruction shall occur suddenly and unexpectedly
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The Biblical Aramaic expression דִּי־לָא שָלוּ at Ezra 6:9 was understood this way (see the Peshitta: ܘܠܐ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܛܥܝܢ), probably under the influence of the frequency of the word in JLA. But note that the Old Greek did not understand it. Given that in Ezra it follows the expression "daily", we suspect that a more accurate identification would be with šlw, šlwˀ n.m. : "cessation", i.e., "non-stop".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 551bDJBA: 1147aJastrow: 1579Levy Ch-W: 2:482Tal Sam: 900

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