שִׁלּוּחַshillûwach

sending away, parting gift

Pronunciation: shil-loo'-akh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7964

Meanings

1. אַחר שִׁלוּחֶיהָ (Exodus 18:2)

2. שִׁלֻּחִים (1 Kings 9:16; Micah 1:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 18:2 Earlier, Moses had sent his wife, Zipporah, and his two sons back to Jethro, who had taken them in.
  • 1 Kings 9:16 (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon.
  • Micah 1:14 Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; there is no hope of saving it. The town of Aczib has deceived the kings of Israel.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).