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# שֶׁלַח

Biblical Hebrew

**missile** — used 2 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/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֶׁ֫לַח: missile, weapon, sprout [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7/#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, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a missile (1); missile (1).

## In the verses

[Job 36:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.12/#tree)

וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* and if not they.will.hear by a.missile they.will.pass.away and they.will.expire like not knowledge

*JPS 1917:* But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

[Job 33:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.18/#tree)

יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ מֵעֲבֹ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃

*Word for word:* he.will.keep.back life his from \[the\].pit and life his from passing.away by (the) missile

*JPS 1917:* That He may keep back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7/): 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).