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שָׁלַךְ

sha.lakh

to throw

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Strong’s H7993Verb125 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he threw18

they threw11

i threw7

throw5

you will throw5

he threw it4

throw away4

they will throw3

In the text

Exodus 4:3וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵהוּ
“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
Joshua 8:29וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
2 Kings 2:21וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
Psalm 2:3וְנַשְׁלִיכָה
“Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.”
Jeremiah 26:23וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ
They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
Ezekiel 28:17הִשְׁלַכְתִּיךָ
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁלַךְ] 125 vb. Hiph. 112 throw, fling, cast

Hoph.

1. be thrown, cast

2. be cast forth, out

3. be cast down

4. metaph., be cast

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.