Biblica Analytica

שָׁלַךְ

sha.lakh (H7993)

to throw

125 verses 26 books OT 121 / NT 0
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The Hebrew word שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) is a verb that means "to throw." Its semantic domain is Physical Action, indicating that it is primarily concerned with physical movement or action. This word is used 125 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance and importance in the Hebrew language. The range of usage for שָׁלַךְ is quite broad, encompassing various contexts such as throwing objects (e.g., stones, arrows), casting lots, and even casting out demons. This versatility suggests that the word is a fundamental concept in the Hebrew language, used to describe a wide range of physical actions that involve throwing or casting something. The frequency and spread of usage for שָׁלַךְ in the Bible indicate its importance in Hebrew thought and culture. Its use in various contexts highlights the significance of physical action and movement in the Hebrew worldview, and its frequency suggests that throwing or casting was a common and meaningful activity in ancient Israelite life.

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Genesis 21:15

The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.

Genesis 37:20

Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.”

Genesis 37:22

Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

Genesis 37:24

and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

Exodus 4:3

He said, “Throw it on the ground.” He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

Exodus 7:9

“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’ ”

Exodus 7:10

Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Exodus 7:12

For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

Exodus 15:25

Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.

Exodus 22:31

“You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.

Exodus 32:19

As soon as he came near to the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing. Then Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.

Exodus 32:24

I said to them, ‘Whoever has any gold, let them take it off.’ So they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”

Leviticus 1:16

and he shall take away its crop and its feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.

Leviticus 14:40

then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city.

Numbers 19:6

The priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer.

Numbers 35:20

If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died,

Numbers 35:22

“ ‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,

Deuteronomy 9:17

I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

Deuteronomy 9:21

I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.

Deuteronomy 29:28

Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and thrust them into another land, as it is today.”

Joshua 8:29

He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the evening. At sundown, Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised a great heap of stones on it that remains to this day.

Joshua 10:11

As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.

Joshua 10:27

At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

Joshua 18:8

The men arose and went. Joshua commanded those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go walk through the land, survey it, and come again to me. I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.”

Joshua 18:10

Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. There Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Judges 8:25

They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his plunder into it.

Judges 9:17

(for my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

Judges 9:53

A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.

Judges 15:17

When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.

2 Samuel 11:21

Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn’t a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’ ”

2 Samuel 18:17

They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones. Then all Israel fled, each to his own tent.

2 Samuel 20:12

Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

2 Samuel 20:21

The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Just deliver him, and I will depart from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

1 Kings 13:24

When he had gone, a lion met him by the way and killed him. His body was thrown on the path, and the donkey stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

1 Kings 13:25

Behold, men passed by, and saw the body thrown on the path, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived.

1 Kings 13:28

He went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.

1 Kings 14:9

but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back;

1 Kings 19:19

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him, and put his mantle on him.

2 Kings 2:16

They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”

2 Kings 2:21

He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’ ”

2 Kings 3:25

They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land each man cast his stone, and filled it. They also stopped all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth all they left was its stones; however the men armed with slings went around it, and attacked it.

2 Kings 4:41

But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

2 Kings 6:6

The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.

2 Kings 7:15

They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

2 Kings 9:25

Then Jehu said to Bidkar his captain, “Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how, when you and I rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:

2 Kings 9:26

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to Yahweh’s word.”

2 Kings 10:25

As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, “Go in and kill them! Let no one escape.” So they struck them with the edge of the sword. The guard and the captains threw the bodies out, and went to the inner shrine of the house of Baal.

2 Kings 13:21

As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. As soon as the man touched Elisha’s bones, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

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