שֶׁלַח
šelaḥ
missile
Strong's H7973NounHebrewTWOT 2394a

שֶׁלַח (šelaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning missile. It appears 8 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7973).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2394a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2394a)missile, weapon, sprout; spear, shoot, branch; dart, plant, sword
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֶׁ֫לַח noun, masculine: missile, weapon, sprout

missile, weapon, sprout (late)

Strong's H7973 שֶׁלַח: a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch
KJV:dart, plant, × put off, sword, weapon.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2394: שָׁלַח šālaḥ — send; stretch out, send away, let loose; letters were sent; send off, away, give over, cast out, send out, forth, let go, set free, shoot forth, let down, shoot; be sent off, be put away, divorced, be impelled; appoint, bring…

See it in Scripture

2 Chronicles 23:10Job 33:18Song of Solomon 4:13

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