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# שֶׁלַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7973

**missile** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

missile [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7973/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֶׁ֫לַח: missile, weapon, sprout [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7973/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] missile, weapon, sprout (late);—abs. שׁ׳ Jo 2:8 +, שָׁ֑לַח Ne 4:11 Jb 33:18, sf. שִׁלְחוֹ Ne 4:17; pl. שְׁלָחִים 2 Ch 23:10, etc.;— missile, weapon, Ne 4:11 and v 17 (where הַמַּיִם corrupt; read probably בִּימִינוֹ or בְּיָדוֹ; v. Ryle Be-Ry Berthol), 2 Ch 23:10 (disting. from חֲנִית, מָגֵן); coll. 32:5 and עָבַר בַּשׁ׳ Jb 33:18; 36:12 (perish by or rush upon \[and perish\]), Jo 2:8 (v. בְּעַד). sprout, shoot (cf. \[שְׁלוּחָה\], and √ ψ 80:12 Je 17:8), שְׁלָחַיִךְ פַּרְדֵּס Ct 4:13 (fig.; meaning? PerlesAnal. 63 proposes שְׁנֵי לְחָיַיִךְ thy two cheeks); + prob. Ez 31:5 (read בִּשְׁלָחָיו Co Toy al., or בְּשִׁלְחֵי \[with v 6\] Krae).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: weapon (3); weapon\[s\] (2).

## In the verses

[Joel 2:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.8/#tree)

וְאִ֤ישׁ אָחִיו֙ לֹ֣א יִדְחָק֔וּן גֶּ֥בֶר בִּמְסִלָּת֖וֹ יֵֽלֵכ֑וּן וּבְעַ֥ד הַשֶּׁ֛לַח יִפֹּ֖לוּ לֹ֥א יִבְצָֽעוּ׃

*Word for word:* and each brother its not they thrust a.man on track its they go and through the weapon\[s\] they.fall not they.stop

*JPS 1917:* Neither doth one thrust another, they march every one in his highway; and they break through the weapons, and suffer no harm.

[Nehemiah 4:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.4.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.4.11/#tree)

הַבּוֹנִ֧ים בַּחוֹמָ֛ה וְהַנֹּשְׂאִ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖בֶל עֹמְשִׂ֑ים בְּאַחַ֤ת יָדוֹ֙ עֹשֶׂ֣ה בַמְּלָאכָ֔ה וְאַחַ֖ת מַחֲזֶ֥קֶת הַשָּֽׁלַח׃

*Word for word:* \[who were\].rebuilding (on) the wall and \[those who.were\].carrying in (the) burden \[were\].carrying.\[it\] with the.one hand his \[he.was\].doing (in) the work and one.\[hand\] \[was\].holding the weapon

*JPS 1917:* They that builded the wall and they that bore burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7973.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7973/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).