Strong's Number: H7993
Original Word: shalak
Usage Notes: "to throw, fling, cast, overthrow," This root seems to be used primarily in Hebrew, including modern Hebrew. Shalak is found 125 times in the Hebrew Bible. Its first use in the Old Testament is in Gen 21:15, which says that Hagar "cast the child [Ishmael] under one of the shrubs."
The word is used to describe the "throwing" or "casting" of anything tangible: Moses "threw" a tree into water to sweeten it (Exod 15:25); Aaron claimed he "threw" gold into the fire and a golden calf walked out (Exod 32:24). Trees "shed" or "cast off" wilted blossoms (Job 15:33).
Shalak indicates "rejection" in Lam 2:1: "How hath the Lord…cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel…." The word is used figuratively in Psa 55:22: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord…."
