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šelaḥ שֶׁ֫לַח ‘missile’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šālaḥ שָׁלַח ‘to send’
Roots: שׁלח

šelaḥ n, m
1) weapon, missile, sprout
 1a) missile, weapon
 1b) sprout, shoot

Mentioned in Joel 2:8 Job 36:12, 33:18 Song of Songs 4:13 Nehemiah 4:17, 4:11 2 Chronicles 32:5, 23:10

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