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. Hosea 5:13 וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.

  2. Hosea 8:14 וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ ve.shi.lach.ti- · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by me

    For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

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