Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7973 - שֶׁלַח shelach (a missile)

Original Word:	שֶׁלַח
Transliteration:	shelach
Definition:	a missile, weapon, sprout
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(sheh'-lakh)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dart, plant, put off, sword, weapon

From shalach; a missile of attack, i.e. Spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. Branch -- dart, plant, X put off, sword, weapon.

see HEBREW shalach

Englishman's Concordance

1) weapon, missile, sprout
1a) missile, weapon
1b) sprout, shoot
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7971
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2394a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. שֶׁ֫לַחnoun [masculine]missile, weapon, sprout (late); — absolute ׳שׁJoel 2:8 +, שָׁ֑לַחNehemiah 4:11; Job 33:18, suffix שִׁלְחוֺNehemiah 4:17; plural שְׁלָחִים2Chronicles 23:10, etc.; —

1missile, weapon, Nehemiah 4:11 and Nehemiah 4:17 (where הַמַּיִם corrupt; read probably בִּימִינוֺ or בְּיָדוֺ; see Ryle BeRy Berthol), 2 Chronicles 23:10 (distinguished from חֲנִית, מָנֵן); collective 2 Chronicles 32:5 and ׳עָבַר בַּשׁJob 33:18; Job 36:12 (perish by or < rush upon [and perish]), Joel 2:8 (see בְּעַד).

2sprout, shoot (compare [שְׁלוּחָה], and √ Psalm 80:12; Jeremiah 17:8), שְׁלָחַיִךְ מַּרְדֵּסSongs 4:13 (figurative; meaning ? Perles^{Anal. 63} proposes שְׁנֵי לְחָיָיִךְthy two cheeks); + probably Ezekiel 31:5 (read בִּשְׁלָחָיו Co Toy and others, or בְּשִׁלְחֵי [with Ezekiel 31:6] Krae).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7973. שָׁ֫לַח (shelach) — 8 Occurrences

2 Chronicles 23:10
HEB:הָעָ֜ם וְאִ֣ישׁ ׀ שִׁלְח֣וֹ בְיָד֗וֹ מִכֶּ֨תֶף
NAS: each man with his weapon in his hand,
KJV: every man having his weapon in his hand,
INT: the people each his weapon his hand side

2 Chronicles 32:5
HEB:דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּ֥עַשׂ שֶׁ֛לַח לָרֹ֖ב וּמָגִנִּֽים׃
NAS: and made weapons and shields
KJV: and made darts and shields
INT: of David and made weapons great and shields

Nehemiah 4:17
HEB:וְאַחַ֖ת מַחֲזֶ֥קֶת הַשָּֽׁלַח׃
NAS: and the other holding a weapon.
KJV: [hand] held a weapon.
INT: and the other holding A weapon

Nehemiah 4:23
HEB:בְּגָדֵ֑ינוּ אִ֖ישׁ שִׁלְח֥וֹ הַמָּֽיִם׃ ס
NAS: each [took] his weapon [even to] the water.
KJV: [saving that] every one put them off for washing.
INT: our clothes the men his weapon the water

Job 33:18
HEB:וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ מֵעֲבֹ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃
NAS: from passing over into Sheol.
KJV: from perishing by the sword.
INT: and his life passing Sheol

Job 36:12
HEB:לֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁמְעוּ בְּשֶׁ֣לַח יַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְ֝יִגְוְע֗וּ
KJV: not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die
INT: not hear the sword shall perish will die

Songs 4:13
HEB: שְׁלָחַ֙יִךְ֙ פַּרְדֵּ֣ס רִמּוֹנִ֔ים
NAS:Your shoots are an orchard
KJV:Thy plants [are] an orchard
INT:your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates

Joel 2:8
HEB:יֵֽלֵכ֑וּן וּבְעַ֥ד הַשֶּׁ֛לַח יִפֹּ֖לוּ לֹ֥א
NAS: through the defenses, They do not break ranks.
KJV: and [when] they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
INT: march through the defenses burst not

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