Sling

Sling

1Sa 25:29  Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

Abigail’s use of the word sling (twice!) intrigued me.  It seems a deliberate ‘play’ on words based upon David’s history with a sling (Goliath).

Sling – used in 7 verses 8 times. 

Jdg_20:16  Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling (H7049) stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

1Sa_17:40  And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling (H7050) was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.

1Sa_17:50  So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling (H7050) and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

1Sa_25:29  Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out (H7049), as out of the middle of a sling (H7050).

Pro_26:8  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling (H4773), so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Jer_10:18  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out (H7049 [H853]) the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

Zec_9:15  The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones (H7050, [H68]); and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.

H7049 – qâla‛ - kaw-lah' - A primitive root; to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms): - carve, sling (out).  Used 7 times in 7 verses.

1Sa 17:49  And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

1Ki 6:29  And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. 

H7050 - qela‛ - kah'-lah - From H7049; a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself: - hanging, leaf, sling.  Used 22 times in 22 verses.

Exo 27:9  And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

1Ki 6:34  And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 

2Ch 26:14  And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings (H7050) to cast stones. 

H4773 - margêmâh - mar-gay-maw' - From H7275; a stone heap: - sling.  Used 1 time.

H7275 - râgam - raw-gam' - A primitive root (compare H7263, H7321 and H7551); to cast together (stones), that is, to lapidate: -  X certainly, stone.  {Lapidate?  Dictionary.com – verb, to pelt with stones; to stone to death.}