What does מִשְׁלוֹחַ · יָד 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, H3027
מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ
A sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged · a hand (the open one [indicating power , means , direction , etc.], in distinction from 3709 , the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
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מִשְׁלוֹחַ H4916 a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged
יָד H3027 a hand (the open one [indicating power , means , direction , etc.], in distinction from 3709 , the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Pronunciation yād
Open hand signifies power, control, and agency; extends from literal grasp to dominion and divine authority throughout Scripture.
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What does מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ (mishlach yadekha) mean in the Bible?
מִשְׁלוֹחַ · יָד is a Hebrew phrase 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 many biblical occurrences are listed for H4916, H3027?
H4916, H3027 is connected to 1,637 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal , or a business to be discharged
Strong's H4916, H3027
Lexical occurrences 1,637 verses 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
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
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