Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁלַח‎ shelach (sheh'-lakh) missile ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁלַח‎

dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.

• a missile of attack, i.e. spear
• also (figuratively) a shoot of growth
• i.e. branch

1) weapon, missile, sprout
1a) missile, weapon
1b) sprout, shoot

See Greek: βέλος · βολίς · ὅπλον · πόλεμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שֶׁ֫לַח‎ noun [masculine] missile, weapon, sprout (late); — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Joel 2:8 +, ‎שָׁ֑לַח‎ Neh 4:11*; Job 33:18, suffix ‎שִׁלְחוֺ‎ Neh 4:17* plural ‎שְׁלָחִים‎ 2Chr 23:10, etc.; —

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

2. sprout, shoot (compare [‎שְׁלוּחָה‎], and √ Ps 80:12*; Jer 17:8), ‎שְׁלָחַיִךְ פַּרְדֵּס‎ Song 4:13 (figurative; meaning ? Perles^{Anal. 63} proposes ‎שְׁנֵי לְחָיָיִךְ‎ thy two cheeks); + probably Ezek 31:5 (read ‎בִּשְׁלָחָיו‎ Co Toy and others, or ‎בְּשִׁלְחֵי‎ [with vEzek 31:6] Krae).

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