שָׁלַךְ

sha.lakhto throwHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb125 occurrences26 books121 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

125 total
  1. Genesis 21:15וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ · she left
    When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
  2. Genesis 37:20וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ · and throw him
    “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
  3. Genesis 37:22הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּ · Throw
    “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
  4. Genesis 37:24וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ · and threw
    …and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
  5. Exodus 1:22תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ · you must throw
    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
  6. Exodus 4:3הַשְׁלִיכֵ֣הוּ · Throw; וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ · So [Moses] threw
    “Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
  7. Exodus 7:9וְהַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ · and throw it down
    “When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
  8. Exodus 7:10וַיַּשְׁלֵ֨ךְ · threw
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
  9. Exodus 7:12וַיַּשְׁלִ֙יכוּ֙ · one threw down
    Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
  10. Exodus 15:25וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ · And when he cast it
    And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
  11. Exodus 22:31תַּשְׁלִכ֥וּן · you are to throw
    You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
  12. Exodus 32:19וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ · and threw
    As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
  13. Exodus 32:24וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ · And when I threw it
    So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
  14. Leviticus 1:16וְהִשְׁלִ֨יךְ · and throw
    And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
  15. Leviticus 14:40וְהִשְׁלִ֤יכוּ · and thrown
    …he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
  16. Numbers 19:6וְהִשְׁלִ֕יךְ · and throw
    The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
  17. Numbers 35:20הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ · throws an object
    Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
  18. Numbers 35:22הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ · throws
    But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
  19. Deuteronomy 9:17וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם · and threw them
    So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
  20. Deuteronomy 9:21וָֽאַשְׁלִךְ֙ · and I cast
    And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
  21. Deuteronomy 29:28וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛ם · and He cast them
    The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
  22. Joshua 8:29וַיַּשְׁלִ֤יכוּ · and throw it down
    He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
  23. Joshua 10:11הִשְׁלִ֣יךְ · cast down
    As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
  24. Joshua 10:27וַיַּ֨שְׁלִכֻ֔ם · and thrown
    At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
  25. Joshua 18:8אַשְׁלִ֨יךְ · Then I will cast
    As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
  26. Joshua 18:10וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֩ · cast
    And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
  27. Judges 8:25וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ · threw
    “We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
  28. Judges 9:17וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ · and risked
    …for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
  29. Judges 9:53וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ · dropped
    But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
  30. Judges 15:17וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ · he cast
    And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
  31. 2 Samuel 11:21הִשְׁלִ֣יכָה · who dropped
    Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
  32. 2 Samuel 18:17וַיַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ · cast
    They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
  33. 2 Samuel 20:12וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ · and threw
    But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
  34. 2 Samuel 20:21מֻשְׁלָ֥ךְ · will be thrown
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  35. 2 Samuel 20:22וַיַּשְׁלִ֣כוּ · and threw
    Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  36. 1 Kings 13:24מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת · left lying
    As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
  37. 1 Kings 13:25מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת · lying
    And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
  38. 1 Kings 13:28מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת · lying
    …and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
  39. 1 Kings 14:9הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ · and you have flung Me
    You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
  40. 1 Kings 19:19וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ · and threw
    So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
  41. 2 Kings 2:16וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ · and put him
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  42. 2 Kings 2:21וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־ · cast
    …and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
  43. 2 Kings 3:25יַשְׁלִ֨יכוּ · threw
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  44. 2 Kings 4:41וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ · He threw
    Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
  45. 2 Kings 6:6וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־ · threw
    “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
  46. 2 Kings 7:15הִשְׁלִ֥יכוּ · had thrown off
    And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
  47. 2 Kings 9:25הַשְׁלִכֵ֔הוּ · [and] throw him
    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  48. 2 Kings 9:26הַשְׁלִכֵ֛הוּ · [and] throw him
    ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
  49. 2 Kings 10:25וַיַּשְׁלִ֗כוּ · threw [the bodies] out
    When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.