Word Study · Strong's H7973 · Hebrew
שֶׁלַח
shelach
sheh'-lakh
“a missile of attack, i.e. spear”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch
Rendered in the KJV as
dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- בְּשֶׁ֣לַח1
- בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃1
- הַשֶּׁ֛לַח1
- הַשָּֽׁלַח׃1
- שֶׁ֛לַח1
- שִׁלְח֣וֹ1
- שִׁלְח֥וֹ1
- שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙1
How it is rendered · 7
- weapon his2
- by a missile1
- by the missile1
- shoots your1
- the weapon1
- the weapon[s]1
- weapon[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles2 of 8 · 25%
- Nehemiah2 of 8 · 25%
- Job2 of 8 · 25%
- Song of Solomon1 of 8 · 13%
- Joel1 of 8 · 13%
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 23:10שִׁלְח֣וֹshilchonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe 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.here: weapon his
- 2 Chronicles 32:5שֶׁ֛לַחshelachnoun · masculine singularThen 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.here: weapon[s]
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 4:17הַשָּֽׁלַח׃hashalachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularwho were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.here: the weapon
- Nehemiah 4:23שִׁלְח֥וֹshilchonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.here: weapon his
Job2 occurrences
- Job 33:18בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃bashalachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularto preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.here: by the missile
- Job 36:12בְּשֶׁ֣לַחbeshelachpreposition + noun · masculine singularBut if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.here: by a missile
Same headword in Strong's