Word Study · Strong's H7994 · Hebrew
שָׁלָךְ
shalak
shaw-lawk'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâlâk
“bird of prey, usually thought to be the pelican (from casting itself into the sea)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
bird of prey, usually thought to be the pelican (from casting itself into the sea)
Rendered in the KJV as
cormorant.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ1
- הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃1
How it is rendered · 1
- the cormorant2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
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- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
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