And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
Original word: שָׁלָה
Transliteration: shalah
Definition (short): requires
Definition (full): to draw out, off, remove
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to draw out, extract
NASB Translation: requires (1).
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A primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of
nashal ,
shalal and their congeners through the idea of extracting); to draw out or off, i.e. Remove (the soul by death) -- take away.
see HEBREW nashal
see HEBREW shalal
KJV:
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
NASB:
"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?