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title: שֶׁלַח — missile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁלַח (lemma:שֶׁלַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: missile. BDB 1906: missile, weapon, sprout. With 2 verses 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:שֶׁלַח · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫לַח

### Glosses

a.missile (1); missile (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

missile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

missile, weapon, sprout [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7/#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, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/lemma_3a_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.12/)

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וְאִם־לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ כִּבְלִי־דָֽעַת׃

*Word for word:* and if not they.will.hear by a.missile they.will.pass.away and they.will.expire like not knowledge

*JPS 1917:* But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

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[Job 33:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.18/)

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יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ מֵעֲבֹ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃

*Word for word:* he.will.keep.back life his from \[the\].pit and life his from passing.away by (the) missile

*JPS 1917:* That He may keep back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

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