שָׁלָךְ
šālāk
cormorant
Strong's H7994NounHebrewTWOT 2398a

שָׁלָךְ (šālāk) is a Hebrew noun meaning cormorant. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7994).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2398a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2398a)cormorant; bird of prey, pelican
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁלָךְ noun, masculine: cormorant

bird of prey, probably cormorant

Strong's H7994 שָׁלָךְ: bird of prey, usually thought to be the pelican (from casting itself into the sea)
KJV:cormorant.

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 2398: שָׁלַךְ šālak — throw, fling, cast; be thrown, be cast forth, out, be cast down; adventure, hurl, pluck

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:17Deuteronomy 14:17

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