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Judges 9:53
“And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁלַךְshâlak · shaw-lak
H7993 · Hebrew
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
- תַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 125 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:15Genesis 37:20Genesis 37:22Genesis 37:24Exodus 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.
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.