What does מִשְׁלוֹחַ mean in the Bible?
e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged".
Hebrew · H4916
מִשְׁלוֹחַ
A sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged
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מִשְׁלוֹחַ H4916
What does מִשְׁלוֹחַ mean in the Bible?
מִשְׁלוֹחַ is a Hebrew word meaning "a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged".
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How does the BSB render H4916?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to which you put (4), you do (2), for sending (1), of sending (1), They will lay (1).
Where does מִשְׁלוֹחַ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 12:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (6), Esther (2), Isaiah (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to which you put 4× Deuteronomy 15:10, Deuteronomy 23:20, Deuteronomy 28:8, Deuteronomy 28:20
you do 2× Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:18
for sending 1× Esther 9:19
of sending 1× Esther 9:22
They will lay 1× Isaiah 11:14
to graze 1× Isaiah 7:25
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 12:7 מִשְׁלַ֣ח to you do Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 12:18 מִשְׁלַ֥ח to you do Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 15:10 מִשְׁלַ֥ח to to which you put Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 23:20 מִשְׁלַ֣ח to to which you put Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 28:8 מִשְׁלַ֣ח to to which you put Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 28:20 מִשְׁלַ֥ח to to which you put Noun - masculine singular construct Esther 9:19 וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַ to for sending Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Esther 9:22 וּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַ to of sending Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Isaiah 7:25 לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח to to graze Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Isaiah 11:14 מִשְׁל֣וֹח to They will lay Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 12:7
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 3
Deuteronomy 6 Esther 2 Isaiah 2
Source forms
מִשְׁלַ֣ח 3x miš·laḥ Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 23:20, Deuteronomy 28:8
מִשְׁלַ֥ח 3x miš·laḥ Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 15:10, Deuteronomy 28:20
וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַ 1x ū·miš·lō·w·aḥ Esther 9:19
וּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַ 1x ū·miš·lō·w·aḥ Esther 9:22
לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח 1x lə·miš·laḥ Isaiah 7:25
מִשְׁל֣וֹח 1x miš·lōḥ Isaiah 11:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 7x Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 15:10, Deuteronomy 23:20
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Esther 9:19, Esther 9:22
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 7:25
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged
Source Gloss
a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged BDB: outstretching Usage: to lay, to put, sending (forth), to set.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מִשְׁלוֹחַ is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain