# H7973 שֶׁלַח

שֶׁלַח (shelach), Strong’s H7973: a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch KJV: dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.. Occurs 8 times.

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*shelach* — a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch

KJV: dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.

Derived from [שָׁלַח shâlach](https://besorah.bible/word/H7971) (to send away, for, or out)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שֶׁ֫לַח n.[m.] missile, weapon, sprout (late)

## Where it occurs
- [Joel 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joel/2?v=8) — One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.
- [Job 33:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/33?v=18) — He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- [Job 36:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/36?v=12) — But if they don’t listen, they will perish by the sword; they will die without knowledge.
- [Song of Songs 4:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/4?v=13) — Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,
- [Nehemiah 4:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/4?v=11) — Those who built the wall, and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands did the work…
- [Nehemiah 4:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/4?v=17) — So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone…
- [2 Chronicles 23:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/23?v=10) — 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…
- [2 Chronicles 32:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/32?v=5) — He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall…