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Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7994 - שָׁלָךְ

Transliteration

shâlâk

Phonetics

shaw-lawk'

Origin

from (H7993)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2398a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

bird of prey
1. probably the cormorant

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

BSB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

CSB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

ESV (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

KJV (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

LEB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

LSB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

N95 (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

NAS (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2844) k l s (סהלכ ShLK) AC: Throw CO: ? AB: ?: [from: lx- sending]

V) k l s (סהלכ ShLK) - Throw: To cast out, down or away. KJV (125): (vf: Hiphil, Hophal) cast, hurl - Strongs: H7993 (שָׁלַךְ)

N^m) k l s (סהלכ ShLK) - Shelak: An unknown bird. KJV (2): cormorant - Strongs: H7994 (שָׁלָךְ)

N^f2) t k l s (סהלכת ShLKT) - Throwing: KJV (1): cast - Strongs: H7995 (שַׁלֶּכֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שָׁלָךְ noun [masculine] bird of prey, probably cormorant (as hurling itself from above; — compare Thes¹⁴¹⁹ Di^Lv Tristr^{NHB 252} McLean-Shipley^{Ency.Bib.CORMORANT}); — Deuteronomy 14:17; Leviticus 11:17; (P).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁלָךְ m. Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:17, an aquatic bird, LXX. καταράκτης, al. καταῤῥάκτης, i.e. a species of pelican, which casts itself down from the highest rocks into the water (Pelecanus Bassanus, Linn.). Vulg. mergulus; Syr. and Ch. fish-catcher. Compare Bochart, Hieroz. part ii. lib. ii. cap. xxi.; Oedmann, Verm. Sammlungen aus der Naturkunde, iii. page 68: and

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List of Word Forms

הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃ השלך השלך׃ haš·šā·lāḵ hashshaLach haššālāḵ