King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H7973
Transliteration: shelach
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-lakh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a missile, weapon, sprout
Meaning: a missile of attack, spear, a shoot of growth, branch
Word Summary
shelach: a missile, weapon, sprout
Original Word: שֶׁלַחTransliteration: shelach
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-lakh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a missile, weapon, sprout
Meaning: a missile of attack, spear, a shoot of growth, branch
Strong's Concordance
dart, plant, put off, sword, weapon From shalach; a missile of attack, i.e. Spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. Branch -- dart, plant, X put off, sword, weapon.
see HEBREW shalach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7973. shelach
I. שֶׁ֫לַח noun [masculine] missile, weapon, sprout (late); — absolute ׳שׁ Joel 2:8 +, שָׁ֑לַח Nehemiah 4:11; Job 33:18, suffix שִׁלְחוֺ Nehemiah 4:17; plural שְׁלָחִים2 Chronicles 23:10, etc.; —
1 missile, weapon, Nehemiah 4:11 and 4:17 (where הַמַּיִם corrupt; read probably בִּימִינוֺ or בְּיָדוֺ; see Ryle BeRy Berthol), 2 Chronicles 23:10 (distinguished from מָנֵן חֲנִית,); collective 32:5 and בַּשׁ ׳עָבַר Job 33:18; 36:12 (perish by or < rush upon [and perish]), Joel 2:8 (see בְּעַד).
2 sprout, shoot (compare [שְׁלוּחָה], and √ Psalm 80:12; Jeremiah 17:8), מַּרְדֵּס שְׁלָחַיִךְ Song of Solomon 4:13 (figurative; meaning ? PerlesAnal. 63 proposes לְחָיָיִךְ שְׁנֵי thy two cheeks); + probably Ezekiel 31:5 (read בִּשְׁלָחָיו Co Toy and others, or בְּשִׁלְחֵי [with 31:6] Krae).