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Hebrew verb · H8025

שָׁלַף

shalaphsaw-laf'

to draw

25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâlaph

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8025is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 16
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8025

to pull out, up or off

The King James renders it: draw (off), grow up, pluck off.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shalaph is rendered "to draw". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 22:23When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
  • The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.

The first use

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.

Numbers 22:23שְׁלוּפָה֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's twenty-five uses are in Judges.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • drew7
  • drawn4
  • draw out2
  • drew out2
  • and he drew out it1
  • and he took off1
  • draw1
  • drawers of1
  • drawing1
  • he drew1
  • he drew out1
  • he took off1

and 2 more, 25 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁלַחshalachto send: departUses845
שָׁלוֹשׁshaloshthreeUses432
שָׁלוֹםshalompeaceUses236
שָׁלַךְshalakto throwUses125
שָׁלַםshalamto completeUses116
שָׁלָלshalalspoilUses73
שָׁלֵםshalemcompleteUses28
שָׁלִישׁshalishthirdUses20
שָׁלַלshalalto takeUses16
שָׁלַשׁshalashto do threeUses9
שָׁלַטshalatto domineerUses8
שָׁלָךְshalakcormorantUses2

All 25, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

16 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שֹׁ֣לֵֽף5
  • שֹׁ֥לֵֽף4
  • שְׁלוּפָה֙2
  • שְׁלֹ֥ף2
  • וַיִּשְׁלֹ֖ף1
  • וַֽיִּשְׁלְפָ֤הּ1
  • שְׁלוּפָ֖ה1
  • שְׁלֹ֤ף1
  • שָׁלַ֣ף1
  • שָׁלַ֛ף1
  • שָׁלַ֨ף1
  • שָׁלַ֥ף1

and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular9HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singular4HVqsfsa
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular3HVqv2ms
  • Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs1Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HVqrmpc
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVqrmsc

Numbers

two uses
  • When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.

    Numbers 22:23

    • שְׁלוּפָה֙shelufahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: drawn
  • Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.

    Numbers 22:31

    • שְׁלֻפָ֖הshelufahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: drawn

Joshua

one use
  • Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

    Joshua 5:13

    • שְׁלוּפָ֖הshelufahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: drawn

Judges

ten uses
  • Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.

    Judges 3:22

    • שָׁלַ֛ףshalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drew out
  • Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.

    Judges 8:10

    • שֹׁ֥לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew
  • So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

    Judges 8:20

    • שָׁלַ֨ףshalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drew
  • He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

    Judges 9:54

    • שְׁלֹ֤ףshelofverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: draw
  • The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.

    Judges 20:2

    • שֹׁ֥לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew
  • On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.

    Judges 20:15

    • שֹׁ֣לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew
  • The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.

    Judges 20:17

    • שֹׁ֣לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew
  • That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

    Judges 20:25

    • שֹׁ֥לְפֵיsholefeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: drawers of
  • The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.

    Judges 20:35

    • שֹׁ֥לֵףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drawing
  • That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.

    Judges 20:46

    • שֹׁ֥לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew

Ruth

two uses
  • Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

    Ruth 4:7

    • שָׁלַ֥ףshalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he took off
  • So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

    Ruth 4:8

    • וַיִּשְׁלֹ֖ףvaiyishlofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he took off

1 Samuel

two uses
  • David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him; and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

    1 Samuel 17:51

    • וַֽיִּשְׁלְפָ֤הּvaiyishlefahHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he drew out it
  • Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

    1 Samuel 31:4

    • שְׁלֹ֥ףshelofverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: draw out

2 Samuel

one use
  • And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

    2 Samuel 24:9

    • שֹׁ֣לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew

2 Kings

one use
  • When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.

    2 Kings 3:26

    • שֹׁ֣לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: drew

1 Chronicles

four uses
  • Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

    1 Chronicles 10:4

    • שְׁלֹ֥ףshelofverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: draw out
  • And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.

    1 Chronicles 21:5

    • שֹׁ֣לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew out
    • שֹׁ֥לֵֽףsholefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: drew out
  • When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

    1 Chronicles 21:16

    • שְׁלוּפָה֙shelufahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: drawn

Job

one use
  • It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

    Job 20:25

    • שָׁלַף֮shalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will draw out

Psalms

one use
  • May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

    Psalms 129:6

    • שָׁלַ֣ףshalafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has shot up

The letters

Gematria 410· 1,130 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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