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.}
