The meaning of “מִשְׁלוֹחַ”
Understanding mishlôwach reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or מִשְׁלֹחַ mishlôach (mish-lo'-akh); also מִשְׁלָח mishlâch (mish-lawkh'); from שָׁלַח to lay, to put, sending (forth)...
מִשְׁלוֹחַ
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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 23:20 | “Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.” Word: מִשְׁלוֹחַ (mishlôwach) | |
| Esther 9:22 | “As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.” Word: מִשְׁלוֹחַ (mishlôwach) | |
| Isaiah 11:14 | “But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.” Word: מִשְׁלוֹחַ (mishlôwach) |
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