{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7973",
  "lemma": "שֶׁלַח",
  "transliteration": "shelach",
  "definition": "a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch",
  "kjv": "dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7971",
      "lemma": "שָׁלַח",
      "transliteration": "shâlach",
      "meaning": "to send away, for, or out",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7971"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שֶׁ֫לַח n.[m.] missile, weapon, sprout (late)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Joel 2:8",
      "text": "One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 33:18",
      "text": "He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/33?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 36:12",
      "text": "But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/36?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Song of Songs 4:13",
      "text": "Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/4?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 4:11",
      "text": "Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/4?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 4:17",
      "text": "So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/4?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 23:10",
      "text": "He set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/23?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 32:5",
      "text": "He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/32?v=5"
    }
  ],
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}