Lexical Definition

‎שָׁלַךְ‎ shâlak (shaw-lak) to throw ^H:V
a primitive root

adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

• to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

1) to throw, cast, hurl, fling
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down
1a2) to cast (lots) (fig)
1b) (Hophal)
1b1) to be thrown, be cast
1b2) to be cast forth or out
1b3) to be cast down
1b4) to be cast (metaph)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁלַךְ‎]₁₂₅ verb Hiph`il₁₁₂ throw, fling, cast (Phoenician ‎שלד‎ in compare proper name, meaning dubious; Arabic is travel (or cause to travel) along a road, cause to enter); — Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִשְׁלִיךְ‎ Amos 8:3 +; 2 masculine singular suffix consecutive ‎וְהִשְׁלַכְּתּוֺ‎ Jer 51:63 2 feminine plural consecutive ‎וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֫נָה‎ Amos 4:3, etc.; Imperfect ‎יַשְׁלִיךְ‎ Isa 2:20, ‎וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ‎ Judg 9:17 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הַשְׁלֵךְ‎ Exod 7:9; Ps 55:23*, feminine singular ‎הַשְׁלִיכִי‎ Jer 7:29, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎הַשְׁלֵךְ‎ Jer 22:19; Jer 36:23 construct ‎הַשְׁלִיךְ‎ Eccl 3:5; Eccl 3:6, etc.; Participle ‎מֵשְׁלְיךְ‎ Mic 2:5; Ps 147:17, etc.; —

1. usually human subject, throw, cast:
a. accusative of thing, with many preposition: e.g. ‎אָל‎ location 2Kgs 23:12; Ezek 5:4; Zech 5:8 (twice in verse) +, also (accusative of thing omitted) Exod 15:25 (J), Num 19:6 (P) +; ‎ב‎ loc, Exod 32:24 (E), Ezek 7:19 +; rarely ‎ל‎ location 2Chr 30:14 and (accusative omitted) 2Chr 24:10 ‎עַל‎ location 2Kgs 23:6, ‎ָ  ה‎ locative Exod 4:3 (twice in verse), ‎שָׁ֫מָּה‎ Judg 8:25; 2Kgs 6:6 (accusative omitted), etc.; especially of casting dead bodies, ‎אֶל‎ location Josh 8:29 (J), Josh 10:27 (J), + 3 t., ‎ב‎ location Amos 8:3; 2Kgs 9:25; 2Kgs 9:26. 2Kgs 13:21, ‎מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ‎ Jer 22:19 accusative of thing + ‎אֶל‎ person 1Kgs 19:19; 2Sam 20:22 (accusative omitted); accusative of thing with ‎עַל‎ person Nah 3:6; Judg 9:53; 2Sam 11:21 ( + ‎מֵעַל‎), etc.; accusative of thing + ‎מִיָּד‎ Exod 32:19 (E), compare Deut 9:17 (‎מֵעַל‎); + ‎ל‎ of animal Exod 22:30* (E), Isa 2:20, etc.
b. with accusative of person, ‎אֶל‎ of pit Gen 37:22 (E), Jer 38:6; Jer 38:9, ‎ב‎ of pit Gen 37:20 (E), with ‎ה‎ locative vGen 37:24 (E; pit), Exod 1:22 (J), compare Amos 4:3 (si vera lectio); ‎תַּחַת‎ location Gen 21:15 (E); accusative ‎׳‎‎י‎, figurative, with ‎אַחֲרֵי גַוֶּךָ֑‎ 1Kgs 14:9 (of apostasy), Ezek 23:35, so ‎׳‎‎י‎'s law Neh 9:26, words (‎אַחֲרֵי‎ person reflexive) Ps 50:17.
c. throw away, accusative of thing Judg 15:17 (‎מִיָּדוֺ‎), 2Kgs 7:15; Ezek 20:7; Ezek 20:8; Ps 2:3 (‎מִן‎ reflexive), Eccl 3:5 (opposed to = ‎כָּנַס‎); accusative omitted Jer 7:29; Joel 1:7 (of locusts); absolute Eccl 3:6 (opposed to ‎שָׁמַר‎); accusative of transgression Ezek 18:31 (figurative; ‎מֵעַל‎ reflexive).
d. cast off, shed, blossom (like flower) Job 15:33.
e. cast down (late), subject goat, accusative ram, Dan 8:7 (‎אַ֫רְצָה‎) little horn, accusative ‎אֱמֶת‎ vDan 8:12 (id.); accusative of person (literal) 2Chr 25:12 (‎מִן‎ local), Job 18:7 his (own) counsel felleth him; so probably Jer 9:18* they have overthrown our dwellings (Du reads Hoph`al). feminine figurative, Ps 55:23* cast ‎׳‎‎עליֿ‎ thy lot.

2. ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject:
a. cast, accusative of thing, + ‎עַל‎ person Josh 10:11 (E), Job 27:22 (accusative of thing omitted); sandal upon Edom Ps 60:10* = Ps 108:10* (sign of possession); ice (no preposition) Ps 147:17.
b. accusative of person + ‎ב‎ location 2Kgs 2:16 (subject ‎׳‎‎רוּחַ י‎), Neh 9:11; Jonah 2:4* ( + accusative of location); + ‎אַ֫רְצָה‎ Ezek 28:17 (figurative); ‎אֶל‎ location (of exile) Deut 29:27* especially of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s rejecting men, accusative of person + ‎מֵעַל פָּנָיו‎ 2Kgs 13:23; 2Kgs 24:20, compare 2Kgs 17:20; Jer 7:15 (twice in verse); Jer 52:3, also Ps 51:13* and (without ‎מִן‎) Ps 71:9 casting sins (accusative) ‎אַחֲרֵי גֵּוְךָ‎ Isa 38:17, ‎ב‎ location Mic 7:19.
c. cast down, honour of Israel + accusative of location, ‎מִן‎ local, Lam 2:1 accusative of person Ps 102:11* (opposed to ‎נָשָׂא‎).

3. phrases: ‎הִשׁי גּוֺרָל‎ Josh 18:8; Josh 18:10 (R^D) cast lots ‎ל‎ in behalf of; ‎חֶבֶל בְגוֺרָל‎ ‎׳‎‎מַשׁ‎ Mic 2:5 (see ‎גּוֺרָל‎ 3, I. ‎חֶבֶל‎ 2); ‎׳‎‎בַּיְאוֺר חַכָּה מַשׁ‎ Isa 19:8 i.e. fishermen; ‎וַיַּשְׁלֵח נַפְשׁוֺ מִנֶּגֶד‎ Judg 9:17, see ‎נֶגֶד‎ 2 c; ‎טָ֑רֶף‎ ‎׳‎‎מִשּׁנָּיו אַשׁ‎ Job 29:17 out of his teeth I cast the prey. Hoph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֻשְׁלַח‎ Dan 8:11 2 masculine singular ‎הָשְׁלַכְתָּ‎ Isa 14:19, etc.; Imperfect 2 feminine singular ‎וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי‎ Ezek 16:5 3 masculine plural ‎יֻשְׁלָ֑כוּ‎ Isa 34:3 Participle ‎מֻשְׁלָח‎ 2Sam 20:21, etc.; —

1. be thrown, cast, accusative of head, ‎אֶל‎ person + ‎בְּעַד‎ of wall 2Sam 20:21 carcass, ‎ב‎ location 1Kgs 13:24; 1Kgs 13:25; 1Kgs 13:28; Jer 14:16 ‎לַחֹרֶב‎ Jer 36:30.

2. be cast forth, out, absolute of dead Isa 34:3 ‎מִן‎ of grave Isa 14:19 ‎אֶלפְּֿנֵי הַשָּׁדֶה‎ Ezek 16:5 (Jerusalem personified as infant); ‎עַלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Jer 22:28 (of exile).

3. be cast down, ‎לָאָרֶץ‎ Ezek 19:12 (Israel, figurative of vine); absolute of sanctuary Dan 8:11.

4. metaphor, be cast, ‎על‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 22:11* (i.e. on his protection).

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