7994. shalak
Strong's Lexicon
shalak: To throw, cast, fling

Original Word: שָׁלָךְ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shalak
Pronunciation: shah-lak
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-lawk')
Definition: To throw, cast, fling
Meaning: bird of prey, the pelican

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G906 (βάλλω, ballō): To throw or cast

- G1544 (ἐκβάλλω, ekballō): To cast out, drive out

Usage: The Hebrew verb "shalak" primarily means to throw, cast, or fling something. It conveys the action of forcefully sending an object away from oneself. This term is often used in the context of casting away or discarding something, whether it be physical objects or metaphorically, such as casting away sins or idols.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, the act of casting or throwing was often symbolic. For example, casting away idols or sins was a physical representation of spiritual cleansing and repentance. The act of throwing could also be associated with judgment or rejection, as seen in various biblical narratives where objects or people are cast out as a form of divine or communal judgment.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shalak
Definition
(bird of prey) probably cormorant
NASB Translation
cormorant (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שָׁלָךְ noun [masculine] bird of prey, probably cormorant (as hurling itself from above; — compare Thes1419 DiLv TristrNHB 252 McLean-ShipleyEncy.Bib.CORMORANT); — Deuteronomy 14:17; Leviticus 11:17; (P).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cormorant

From shalak; bird of prey, usually thought to be the pelican (from casting itself into the sea) -- cormorant.

see HEBREW shalak

Forms and Transliterations
הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃ השלך השלך׃ haš·šā·lāḵ hashshaLach haššālāḵ
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Englishman's Concordance
Leviticus 11:17
HEB: הַכּ֥וֹס וְאֶת־ הַשָּׁלָ֖ךְ וְאֶת־ הַיַּנְשֽׁוּף׃
NAS: and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl,
KJV: And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
INT: and the little and the cormorant and the great

Deuteronomy 14:17
HEB: הָרָחָ֖מָה וְאֶת־ הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃
NAS: the carrion vulture, the cormorant,
KJV: and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
INT: the pelican the carrion the cormorant

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7994
2 Occurrences


haš·šā·lāḵ — 2 Occ.















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