שָׁלַף
sha.laph
“to draw”
Definition
to pull out, up or off
a primitive root;
- to draw out or off, take off 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw out 1a2) to draw off 1a3) to shoot up, draw out (of blade of grass on roof)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁלַף appears 24 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!”But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!”But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’”So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
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