Lexical Summary shalak: To throw, cast, hurl, fling Original Word: שָׁלַךְ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance adventure, cast away, down, forth, off, out, hurl, pluck, A primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively) -- adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition to throw, fling, cast NASB Translation brings him down (1), cast (41), cast it away (1), cast me away (2), cast me off (1), cast them away (1), cast away (5), cast down (2), cast off (1), casts (1), dropped (1), fling (2), hurl (1), hurled (2), left (1), risked* (1), snatched (1), stretching (1), threw (29), threw her down (1), threw his down (1), threw them down (1), threw down (1), throw (13), throw it down (1), throw them away (1), throw away (1), thrown (8), thrown away (1), thrown down (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [שָׁלַךְ]125 verb Hiph`il112 throw, fling, cast (Phoenician שלד in compare proper name, meaning dubious; Arabic  is travel (or cause to travel) along a road, cause to enter); — Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁלִיךְ Amos 8:3 +; 2 masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְּתּוֺ Jeremiah 51:63; 2feminine plural consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֫נָה Amos 4:3, etc.; Imperfect יַשְׁלִיךְ Isaiah 2:20, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ Judges 9:17 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁלֵךְ Exodus 7:9; Psalm 55:23, feminine singular הַשְׁלִיכִי Jeremiah 7:29, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁלֵךְ Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:23; construct הַשְׁלִיךְ Ecclesiastes 3:5,6, etc.; Participle מֵשְׁלְיךְ Micah 2:5; Psalm 147:17, etc.; — 1 usually human subject, throw, cast: a. accusative of thing, with many preposition: e.g. אָל location 2 Kings 23:12; Ezekiel 5:4; Zechariah 5:8 (twice in verse) +, also (accusative of thing omitted) Exodus 15:25 (J), Numbers 19:6 (P) +; ב loc, Exodus 32:24 (E), Ezekiel 7:19 +; rarely ל location 2 Chronicles 30:14 and (accusative omitted) 2 Chronicles 24:10; עַל location 2 Kings 23:6, ָ ה locative Exodus 4:3 (twice in verse), שָׁ֫מָּה Judges 8:25; 2 Kings 6:6 (accusative omitted), etc.; especially of casting dead bodies, אֶל location Joshua 8:29 (J), Joshua 10:27 (J), + 3 t., ב location Amos 8:3; 2 Kings 9:25,26. 2 Kings 13:21, מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ Jeremiah 22:19; accusative of thing + אֶל person 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Samuel 20:22 (accusative omitted); accusative of thing with עַל person Nahum 3:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21 ( + מֵעַל), etc.; accusative of thing + מִיָּד Exodus 32:19 (E), compare Deuteronomy 9:17 (מֵעַל); + ל of animal Exodus 22:30 (E), Isaiah 2:20, etc. b. with accusative of person, אֶל of pit Genesis 37:22 (E), Jeremiah 38:6,9, ב of pit Genesis 37:20 (E), with ה locative Genesis 37:24 (E; pit), Exodus 1:22 (J), compare Amos 4:3 (si vera lectio); תַּחַת location Genesis 21:15 (E); accusative ׳י, figurative, with אַחֲרֵי גַוֶּךָ֑ 1 Kings 14:9 (of apostasy), Ezekiel 23:35, so ׳יs law Nehemiah 9:26, words (אַחֲרֵי person reflexive) Psalm 50:17. c. throw away, accusative of thing Judges 15:17 (מִיָּדוֺ), 2 Kings 7:15; Ezekiel 20:7,8; Psalm 2:3 (מִן reflexive), Ecclesiastes 3:5 (opposed to = כָּנַס); accusative omitted Jeremiah 7:29; Joel 1:7 (of locusts); absolute Ecclesiastes 3:6 (opposed to שָׁמַר); accusative of transgression Ezekiel 18:31 (figurative; מֵעַל reflexive). d. cast off, shed, blossom (like flower) Job 15:33. e. cast down (late), subject goat, accusative ram, Daniel 8:7 (אַ֫רְצָה) little horn, accusative אֱמֶת Daniel 8:12 (id.); accusative of person (literal) 2 Chronicles 25:12 (מִן local), Job 18:7 his (own) counsel felleth him; so probably Jeremiah 9:18 they have overthrown our dwellings (Du reads Hoph`al). f. figurative, Psalm 55:23 cast ׳עליֿ thy lot. 2 ׳י subject: a. cast, accusative of thing, + עַל person Joshua 10:11 (E), Job 27:22 (accusative of thing omitted); sandal upon Edom Psalm 60:10 = Psalm 108:10 (sign of possession); ice (no preposition) Psalm 147:17. b. accusative of person + ב location 2 Kings 2:16 (subject ׳רוּחַ י), Nehemiah 9:11; Jonah 2:4 ( + accusative of location); + אַ֫רְצָה Ezekiel 28:17 (figurative); אֶל location (of exile) Deuteronomy 29:27; especially of ׳יs rejecting men, accusative of person + מֵעַל מָּנָיו 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:20, compare 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:3, also Psalm 51:13 and (without מִן) Psalm 71:9; casting sins (accusative) אַחֲרֵי גֵּוְךָ Isaiah 38:17, ב location Micah 7:19. c. cast down, honour of Israel + accusative of location, מִן local, Lamentations 2:1; accusative of person Psalm 102:11 (opposed to נָשָׂא). 3 phrases: הִשׁי גּוֺרָל Joshua 18:8,10 (RD) cast lots ל in behalf of; חֶבֶל בְגוֺרָל ׳מַשׁ Micah 2:5 (see גּוֺרָל 3, I. חֶבֶל 2); ׳בַּיְאוֺר חַכָּה מַשׁ Isaiah 19:8 i.e. fishermen; וַיַּשְׁלֵח נַפְשׁוֺ מִנֶּגֶד Judges 9:17, see נֶגֶד 2c; טָ֑רֶף ׳מִשּׁנָּיו אַשׁ Job 29:17 out of his teeth I cast the prey. Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular הֻשְׁלַח Daniel 8:11; 2masculine singular הָשְׁלַכְתָּ Isaiah 14:19, etc.; Imperfect2feminine singular וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי Ezekiel 16:5; 3masculine plural יֻשְׁלָ֑כוּ Isaiah 34:3; Participle מֻשְׁלָח 2 Samuel 20:21, etc.; — 1 be thrown, cast, accusative of head, אֶל person + בְּעַד of wall 2 Samuel 20:21; carcass, ב location 1 Kings 13:24,25,28; Jeremiah 14:16; לַחֹרֶב Jeremiah 36:30. 2 be cast forth, out, absolute of dead Isaiah 34:3; מִן of grave Isaiah 14:19; אֶלמְּֿנֵי הַשָּׁדֶה Ezekiel 16:5 (Jerusalem personified as infant); עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Jeremiah 22:28 (of exile). 3 be cast down, לָאָרֶץ Ezekiel 19:12 (Israel, figurative of vine); absolute of sanctuary Daniel 8:11. 4 metaphor, be cast, על of ׳י Psalm 22:11 (i.e. on his protection). Topical Lexicon Overview of Usage in Scripture The verb שָׁלַךְ occurs well over one hundred times across the Hebrew canon, describing the action of hurling, throwing, flinging, or casting something or someone from one place to another. Context determines whether the motion is literal (stones, wood, weapons, bodies), metaphorical (sins, burdens, idols), or judicial (nations, cities, kings). From Genesis through Zechariah, the word consistently portrays decisive removal—whether wrought by human hands or by the sovereign hand of God. Physical Casting of Objects or Persons 1. Warfare and defense – Stones hurled from slings (for example, 2 Kings 3:25), or siege works and corpses flung over walls (2 Samuel 20:21–22). Displays of Divine Power and Judgment When God acts, שָׁלַךְ reveals His absolute authority: These uses stress that no adversary, however entrenched, can withstand the decisive throw of Yahweh. Invitation to Cast Burdens on the LORD The same verb that marks judgment also invites faith: Psalm 55:22 – “Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.” Here שָׁלַךְ moves from battlefield to prayer closet, calling believers to fling every anxiety onto the One who both commands and carries. Purging of Idolatry A repeated prophetic summons employs שָׁלַךְ for the radical repudiation of idols. Isaiah 30:22 – “You will toss them away like a menstrual cloth and call them ‘Filth!’” Ezekiel 20:8 – The people “did not forsake the idols of Egypt” and therefore incurred judgment; they should have “cast” them away. The verb demands violent disengagement from false worship, an action as practical as discarding rubbish and as spiritual as repentance. Prophetic and Poetic Imagery 1. Sins removed – Isaiah 38:17 extols God for having “cast all my sins behind Your back.” Intertestamental and New Testament Echoes Though the Hebrew verb itself does not appear in Greek Scripture, its theology echoes. 1 Peter 5:7 urges believers to “cast all your anxiety on Him,” echoing Psalm 55:22. Jesus speaks of casting salt, demons, and worthless servants (for example, Matthew 5:13; 25:30), demonstrating continuity between covenants in the call to decisive removal of evil and confident reliance on God. Implications for Biblical Theology and Ministry • Divine sovereignty – What God casts down stays down until He raises it. Representative Occurrences Exodus 15:4; 15:25; 32:19 1 Samuel 18:11; 31:4 1 Kings 13:24; 14:9 2 Kings 2:21; 7:15; 10:25; 19:7 Psalm 50:17; 55:22; 102:10 Isaiah 30:22; 38:17 Jeremiah 7:29; 22:19 Ezekiel 20:8; 23:35; 32:4; 43:24 Concluding Observations Shalak paints a vivid biblical tapestry: the Lord hurls proud nations into oblivion, while inviting humble believers to hurl every hindrance onto His faithful shoulders. Its narrative spans turbulent seas, battlefield walls, temple courts, and the quiet chambers of prayer. Each occurrence testifies that God decisively removes what obstructs His redemptive purpose and calls His people to do the same. Forms and Transliterations אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ אַשְׁלִ֣יךְ אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ אַשְׁלִ֨יךְ אשליך הִשְׁלִ֔יכוּ הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ הִשְׁלִ֣יךְ הִשְׁלִ֣יכָה הִשְׁלִ֤יךְ הִשְׁלִ֥יךְ הִשְׁלִ֥יכוּ הִשְׁלִ֨יךְ הִשְׁלִיכ֥וֹ הִשְׁלִיכָ֖ם הִשְׁלִיכָ֥ם הִשְׁלִכ֥וֹ הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ הִשְׁלַ֙כְתִּי֙ הִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּ הִשְׁלַ֧כְתָּ הִשְׁלַכְתִּ֗יךָ הַשְׁלִ֔יכוּ הַשְׁלִ֣יכוּ הַשְׁלִיכֵ֙הוּ֙ הַשְׁלִיכֵ֣הוּ הַשְׁלִכֵ֔הוּ הַשְׁלִכֵ֛הוּ הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ הָשְׁלַ֣כְתִּי הָשְׁלַ֤כְתָּ הֻשְׁלָ֔כָה השליך השליכה השליכהו השליכו השליכם השלך השלכה השלכהו השלכו השלכת השלכתי השלכתיך וְֽהַשְׁלִ֔יכִי וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ וְהִשְׁלִ֕יךְ וְהִשְׁלִ֤יכוּ וְהִשְׁלִ֥יךְ וְהִשְׁלִ֨יךְ וְהִשְׁלִ֨יכוּ וְהִשְׁלַכְתִּ֥י וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֥נָה וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ֤ וְהִשְׁלַכְתּ֖וֹ וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ וְהַשְׁלֵ֕ךְ וְהַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ וְהֻ֨שְׁלְכ֔וּ וְהֻשְׁלַ֖ךְ וְיַשְׁלֵ֣ךְ וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה וְנַשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ וְתַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ וַֽתֻּשְׁלְכִ֞י וַיַּ֨שְׁלִכֻ֔ם וַיַּשְׁלִ֖יכוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֗כוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֙יכוּ֙ וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֣כוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֤יכוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֤כוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ וַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּ וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤הוּ וַיַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛ם וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֛ךְ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֨ךְ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֙ וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ֩ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־ וַתַּשְׁלִ֥יכִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃ וַתַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ וָֽאַשְׁלִ֜יכָה וָֽאַשְׁלִךְ֙ וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם וָאַשְׁלִ֥יךְ וָאַשְׁלִכֵ֣הוּ ואשליך ואשליכה ואשלך ואשלכהו ואשלכם והשליך והשליכו והשליכי והשלך והשלכו והשלכת והשלכתו והשלכתי והשלכתנה וישליכהו וישליכו וישליכום וישלך וישלך־ וישלכהו וישלכו וישלכם ונשליכה ונשלכהו ותשליך ותשליכהו ותשליכי ותשליכני ותשליכני׃ ותשלך ותשלכי יַשְׁלִ֗יכוּ יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ יַשְׁלִ֨יכוּ יֻשְׁלָ֔כוּ ישליך ישליכו ישלכו לְהַשְׁלִ֣יךְ לְהַשְׁלִֽיךְ׃ להשליך להשליך׃ מַשְׁלִ֣יךְ מַשְׁלִ֥יךְ מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת מֻשְׁלֶ֣כֶת מֻשְׁלָ֥ךְ מֻשְׁלָכִים֩ משליך משליכי משלך משלכים משלכת תַּ֭שְׁלִיכֵנִי תַּשְׁלִיכֵ֥נִי תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ תַּשְׁלִכ֥וּן תשליכהו תשליכני תשלכון ’aš·lîḵ ’ašlîḵ ashLich hā·šə·laḵ·tā hā·šə·laḵ·tî haš·lêḵ haš·li·ḵê·hū haš·lî·ḵê·hū haš·lî·ḵū hāšəlaḵtā hāšəlaḵtî hasheLachta hasheLachti hashLech hashliChehu hashLichu hašlêḵ hašliḵêhū hašlîḵêhū hašlîḵū hiš·laḵ·tā hiš·laḵ·tî hiš·laḵ·tî·ḵā hiš·lî·ḵāh hiš·lî·ḵām hiš·li·ḵōw hiš·lî·ḵōw hiš·lî·ḵū hiš·lîḵ hishLachta hishLachti hishlachTicha hishLich hishLichah hishliCham hishliCho hishLichu hišlaḵtā hišlaḵtî hišlaḵtîḵā hišlîḵ hišlîḵāh hišlîḵām hišliḵōw hišlîḵōw hišlîḵū huš·lā·ḵāh hushLachah hušlāḵāh lə·haš·lîḵ lehashLich ləhašlîḵ maš·lî·ḵê maš·lîḵ mashLich mashliChei mašlîḵ mašlîḵê muš·lā·ḵîm muš·lāḵ muš·le·ḵeṯ mushLach mushlaChim mushLechet mušlāḵ mušlāḵîm mušleḵeṯ taš·lî·ḵê·nî taš·lî·ḵu·hū taš·li·ḵūn tashliCheni tashliChuhu tashliChun tašlîḵênî tašlîḵuhū tašliḵūn vaashliCh vaashLichah vaashliChehu vaashliChem vaiyashLech vaiyashliChehu vaiyashliChem vaiyashLichu vaiYashliChum vattashLech vattashliCheni vattashLichi vattushleChi vehashLech vehashLichi vehishlachTa vehishlachTenah vehishlachTi vehishlachTo vehishLich vehishLichu vehushLach veHushleChu venashLichah venashliChehu vetashLech vetashLich vetashliChehu veyashLech wā’ašliḵ wā’ašlîḵ wā’ašlîḵāh wā’ašliḵêhū wā’ašliḵêm wā·’aš·lî·ḵāh wā·’aš·li·ḵê·hū wā·’aš·li·ḵêm wā·’aš·liḵ wā·’aš·lîḵ wat·taš·lêḵ wat·taš·lî·ḵê·nî wat·taš·lî·ḵî wat·tuš·lə·ḵî wattašlêḵ wattašlîḵênî wattašlîḵî wattušləḵî way·yaš·lêḵ way·yaš·leḵ- way·yaš·li·ḵê·hū way·yaš·lî·ḵê·hū way·yaš·li·ḵêm way·yaš·li·ḵū way·yaš·lî·ḵū way·yaš·li·ḵum way·yaš·lî·ḵūm wayyašlêḵ wayyašleḵ- wayyašliḵêhū wayyašlîḵêhū wayyašliḵêm wayyašliḵū wayyašlîḵū wayyašliḵum wayyašlîḵūm wə·haš·lêḵ wə·haš·lî·ḵî wə·hiš·laḵ·tā wə·hiš·laḵ·te·nāh wə·hiš·laḵ·tî wə·hiš·laḵ·tōw wə·hiš·lî·ḵū wə·hiš·lîḵ wə·huš·laḵ wə·huš·lə·ḵū wə·naš·lî·ḵāh wə·naš·li·ḵê·hū wə·ṯaš·lêḵ wə·ṯaš·lî·ḵê·hū wə·ṯaš·lîḵ wə·yaš·lêḵ wəhašlêḵ wəhašlîḵî wəhišlaḵtā wəhišlaḵtenāh wəhišlaḵtî wəhišlaḵtōw wəhišlîḵ wəhišlîḵū wəhušlaḵ wəhušləḵū wənašlîḵāh wənašliḵêhū wəṯašlêḵ wəṯašlîḵ wəṯašlîḵêhū wəyašlêḵ yaš·lî·ḵū yaš·lîḵ yashLich yashLichu yašlîḵ yašlîḵū yuš·lā·ḵū yushLachu yušlāḵūLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 21:15 HEB: מִן־ הַחֵ֑מֶת וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־ הַיֶּ֔לֶד NAS: was used up, she left the boy KJV: the bottle, and she cast the child INT: in the skin left the boy under Genesis 37:20 Genesis 37:22 Genesis 37:24 Exodus 1:22 Exodus 4:3 Exodus 4:3 Exodus 7:9 Exodus 7:10 Exodus 7:12 Exodus 15:25 Exodus 22:31 Exodus 32:19 Exodus 32:24 Leviticus 1:16 Leviticus 14:40 Numbers 19:6 Numbers 35:20 Numbers 35:22 Deuteronomy 9:17 Deuteronomy 9:21 Deuteronomy 29:28 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:11 Joshua 10:27 125 Occurrences |
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