שֶׁ֫לַח
she.lach
“missile”
Definition
a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch
from H7971 (שָׁלַח);
- weapon, missile, sprout 1a) missile, weapon 1b) sprout, shoot
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֶׁ֫לַח appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
to preserve his soul from the Pitand his life from perishing by the sword.
But if they do not obey,then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
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