Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁלוֹחַ‎ mishlôwach (mish-lo'-akh) sending ^H:N-M
or מִשְׁלֹחַ mishlôach (mish-lo'-akh); also מִשְׁלָח mishlâch (mish-lawkh'); from ‎שָׁלַח‎

to lay, to put, sending (forth), to set.

• a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable)
• also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged

1) outstretching, sending, sending forth
2) outstretching, undertaking (that to which one stretches out the hand), place of letting or turning loose, pasture (place where animals are let free)

See Greek: ἔργον

Extended Information

• outstretching
• Also means: mish.lo.ach (‎מ‎ִ‎ש‎ְׁ‎לו‎ֹ‎ח‎ַ "sending" מִשְׁלוֹחַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִשְׁלַח‎ noun [masculine]

1. outstretching;

2. place of letting loose; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ only construct:

1. ‎׳‎‎יַד פ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּכָלמֿ‎ in every outstretching of one's hand, = every undertaking, Deut 12:7; Deut 12:18; Deut 15:10; Deut 23:21*; Deut 28:8; Deut 28:20.

2. ‎׳‎‎למ‎ ‎שׁוֺר וּלְמִרְמַס שֶׂה‎ Isa 7:25 (√ Pi`el 3 especially Isa 32:20).

‎מִשְׁלוֺחַ‎ noun [masculine]

1. outstretching;

2. sending; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ only construct:

1. ‎יָדָם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 11:14 Edom and Moab are the outstretching of their hand (that of which they take possession, compare √ Qal 3).

2. ‎מִשְׁלֹחַ מָנוֺת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ‎ Esth 9:19; Esth 9:22 the sending of portions to each other.

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