The meaning of “שָׁלַךְ”
Understanding shâlak reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw. - to throw out, down or away (literally or figurative...
שָׁלַךְ
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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 37:22 | “And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.” Word: שָׁלַךְ (shâlak) | |
| Joshua 10:27 | “And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.” Word: שָׁלַךְ (shâlak) | |
| 2 Chronicles 25:12 | “And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.” Word: שָׁלַךְ (shâlak) | |
| Isaiah 19:8 | “The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.” Word: שָׁלַךְ (shâlak) | |
| Joel 1:7 | “He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.” Word: שָׁלַךְ (shâlak) |
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