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title: מִשְׁלַחַת — discharge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁלַחַת (4917), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: discharge. BDB 1906: n.f. discharge deputation, sending. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁלַחַת

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«מִשְׁלַחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **discharge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4917 · **BDB:** מִשְׁלַ֫חַת

### Glosses

a.deputation (1); discharge (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

discharge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4917/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. discharge deputation, sending [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4917/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. discharge; 2. deputation, sending;— abs. אֵין מ׳ בַּמִּלְח׳ Ec 8:8 three is no discharge in war. cstr. מ׳ מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִים ψ 78:49 a deputation (or sending) of angels of evil.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁלַחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4917/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.49/)

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יְשַׁלַּח־בָּ֨ם ׀ חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.sent on them the.burning his.anger his fury and indignation and trouble a.deputation of.angels of.calamities

*JPS 1917:* He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, a sending of messengers of evil.

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[Ecclesiastes 8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.8.8/)

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אֵ֣ין אָדָ֞ם שַׁלִּ֤יט בָּר֙וּחַ֙ לִכְל֣וֹא אֶת־הָר֔וּחַ וְאֵ֤ין שִׁלְטוֹן֙ בְּי֣וֹם הַמָּ֔וֶת וְאֵ֥ין מִשְׁלַ֖חַת בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט רֶ֖שַׁע אֶת־בְּעָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not anyone having.mastery over the wind to restrain (et) the wind and there.\[is\].not mastery over the.day of.(the) death and there.\[is\].not discharge in the battle and not it.will.rescue wickedness (et) owners its

*JPS 1917:* There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

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