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 Samuel 6:6 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.

  2. 2 Samuel 8:10 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

  3. 2 Samuel 9:5 וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

  4. 2 Samuel 10:2 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

  5. 2 Samuel 10:3 שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

  6. 2 Samuel 10:3 שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

  7. 2 Samuel 10:4 וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ Vay.sha.le.Chem · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

  8. 2 Samuel 10:5 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

  9. 2 Samuel 10:6 וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ vai.yish.le.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

  10. 2 Samuel 10:7 וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

  11. 2 Samuel 10:16 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.

  12. 2 Samuel 11:1 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

  13. 2 Samuel 11:3 וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

  14. 2 Samuel 11:4 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.

  15. 2 Samuel 11:5 וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ va.tish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

  16. 2 Samuel 11:6 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  17. 2 Samuel 11:6 שְׁלַ֣ח she.Lach · A command to you: simple action

    And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  18. 2 Samuel 11:6 וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  19. 2 Samuel 11:12 אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ 'a.sha.le.Che.ka · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

  20. 2 Samuel 11:14 וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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