sha.lah describes faring well or enjoying security, including the success of the wicked, enemies, and those who love Jerusalem.

The attested uses describe faring well or enjoying security: the wicked and Jerusalem's enemies do so, those who love Jerusalem are wished such well-being, and Job denies having experienced it amid turmoil.

1. Faring well or enjoying security · dominant

   In Jeremiah 12:1 the plural perfect form occurs in the question about why those who act treacherously fare well, while in Lamentations 1:5 it describes Jerusalem's foes after they have become head. The plural imperfect forms in Job 12:6 and Psalm 122:6 concern the well-being of destructive people and of those who love Jerusalem; Job 3:26 uses a first-person perfect in Job's denial that he had enjoyed such a condition before turmoil came. In Jeremiah 12:1 the APB renders the clause "Why does the way of the wicked prosper?"

   Jeremiah 12:1Job 12:6Job 3:26Lamentations 1:5Psalm 122:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "prosper" in each supplied setting, including Job's negated "I have not prospered." This rendering confirms the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolating every nuance of the Hebrew form.