שָׁלָךְ
shalach · cormorant
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7994 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shalach (שָׁלָךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cormorant”.
A bird that dives into the water to fish, perhaps the cormorant.
How to say it
sha·lach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A bird that dives into the water to fish.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 11:17
the horned owl, the cormorant, the ibis,
- Deuteronomy 14:17
the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,