sha.lev describes an untroubled, secure condition of lands, cities, nations, and people.

The attested usage describes a settled, untroubled condition: land and cities are portrayed as secure and undisturbed, while nations and individuals are depicted as living without immediate threat or disruption. The same condition can be applied to a person's former state or to inward satisfaction.

1. Settled security and undisturbed well-being · dominant

   In 1 Chronicles 4:40, the feminine singular form describes broad land alongside pleasant pasture and quietness; in Zechariah 7:7, it characterizes Jerusalem and its surrounding cities while they were dwelling. In Jeremiah 49:31, the masculine singular form qualifies a nation said to dwell in security and isolation, while Job 21:23 applies it to a person who dies secure; Psalm 73:12 applies the construct plural form to wicked people who increase in wealth. Job 16:12 and Job 20:20 extend the condition to a person's prior state and to what is lacking in his belly.

   1 Chronicles 4:40Jeremiah 49:31Job 16:12Job 20:20Job 21:23Psalm 73:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the condition with expressions such as “quiet and at ease,” “dwelling in security,” and “wholly at ease and secure.” In Job 20:20 it instead speaks of lacking “ease in his belly”; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.