שָׁלַח

sha.lach · to send: depart

Hebrew · Strong's H7971 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-lakh' · 847 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to send: depart H7971G 669
  • to send: let go H7971H · a Meaning of 97
  • to send: reach H7971K · a Meaning of 64
  • to send: divorce H7971I · a Meaning of 11
  • to send: burn H7971L · a Meaning of 4
  • to send: marriage H7971J · a Meaning of 1
  • to send: exile H7971M · a Meaning of 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁלַח 814 vb. send
Qal
1. send: human subj.
2. send: subj. י׳ (God)
3. stretch out, esp. acc. hand
4. rarely send away: human subj.
5. let loose
Niph. letters were sent
Pi.
1. send off, away, human subj.
2.
a. send away, subj. י׳
b. give over
c. cast out
d. send out, forth
3. let go, set free
4. shoot forth branches
5. let down
6. shoot
7. Phrases
Pu. be sent off (started on journey); be put away, divorced, of wife; be impelled(?)
Hiph. and I (י׳) will send

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:3 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

  2. 2 Chronicles 2:3 וַתִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ va.tish.lach- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by you

    And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.

  3. 2 Chronicles 2:7 שְֽׁלַֽח־ she.lach- · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that knoweth how to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.

  4. 2 Chronicles 2:8 וּֽשְׁלַֽח־ u.she.lach- · A command to you: simple action

    Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

  5. 2 Chronicles 2:11 וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.

  6. 2 Chronicles 2:13 שָׁלַ֧חְתִּי sha.Lach.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

  7. 2 Chronicles 2:15 יִשְׁלַ֖ח yish.Lach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:

  8. 2 Chronicles 6:34 תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם tish.la.Chem · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

  9. 2 Chronicles 7:10 שִׁלַּ֥ח shi.Lach · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

  10. 2 Chronicles 7:13 אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח 'a.sha.Lach · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

  11. 2 Chronicles 8:18 וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ vai.yish.lach- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  12. 2 Chronicles 10:3 וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ vai.yish.le.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying,

  13. 2 Chronicles 10:18 וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

  14. 2 Chronicles 16:2 וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  15. 2 Chronicles 16:3 שָׁלַ֤חְתִּֽי sha.Lach.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

  16. 2 Chronicles 16:4 וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח Vai.yish.lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.

  17. 2 Chronicles 17:7 שָׁלַ֤ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

  18. 2 Chronicles 24:19 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

  19. 2 Chronicles 24:23 שִׁלְּח֖וּ shi.le.Chu · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

  20. 2 Chronicles 25:15 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

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