- משלחת
- מִשְׁלַחַתf. (b. h.; שָׁלַח) 1) errand, message; substitution. Num. R. s. 14 והיה זריז במִשְׁלַחְתּוֹ and he (Naftali) was zealous in carrying out his mission. Koh. R. to VIII, 8. (expl. משלחת, ib.) אין אדםוכ׳ (‘there is no substitution in war,) none can say to the angel of death, let my slave or as inmate of my house go is my place. 2) letting loose (by divine dispensation), visitation (of wild beasts). B. Mets.VII, 9; a. e., v. זְאֵב.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.