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Exodus 7:12

“For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁלַךְshâlak · shaw-lak
H7993 · Hebrew

Definition: to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ֙ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vhw3mp
Usage: Occurs 125 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:15 Genesis 37:20 Genesis 37:22 Genesis 37:24 Exodus 1:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁלַךְ here.

Verse 11 Verse 13

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.