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title: שֶׁלַח — missile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁלַח (7975), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: missile. BDB 1906: missile, weapon, sprout. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁלַח

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«שֶׁלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **missile** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7975 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫לַח

### Glosses

Shelah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

missile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7975/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

missile, weapon, sprout [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7975/#m2)

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**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).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7975/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.15/)

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וְאֵת֩ שַׁ֨עַר הָעַ֜יִן הֶ֠חֱזִיק שַׁלּ֣וּן בֶּן־כָּל־חֹזֶה֮כָּל־חֹזֶה֮ שַׂ֣ר פֶּ֣לֶךְ הַמִּצְפָּה֒ ה֤וּא יִבְנֶ֙נּוּ֙ וִיטַֽלְלֶ֔נּוּ וְיַעֲמִיד֙ דַּלְתֹתָ֔יו מַנְעֻלָ֖יו וּבְרִיחָ֑יו וְ֠אֵת חוֹמַ֞ת בְּרֵכַ֤ת הַשֶּׁ֙לַח֙ לְגַן־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְעַד־הַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת הַיּוֹרְד֖וֹת מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִֽיד׃ס

*Word for word:* and (et) the.gate of the.spring he.repaired Shallun the.son of Col-Hozeh the.official of.the.district of.(the) Mizpah he he rebuilt.it and he roofed.over.it and he.set.up doors its bolts its and bars its and (et) the.wall of.the.pool of.(the) Shelah of the.garden of the.king and to the steps \[which\].go down from the.city of.David

*JPS 1917:* And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

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