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. 1 Kings 5:8 שָׁלַ֖חְתָּ sha.Lach.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me: I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

  2. 1 Kings 5:9 תִּשְׁלַ֥ח tish.Lach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

  3. 1 Kings 5:14 וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם vai.yish.la.Chem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to taskwork.

  4. 1 Kings 7:13 וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

  5. 1 Kings 8:44 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 enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;

  6. 1 Kings 8:66 שִׁלַּ֣ח shi.Lach · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people.

  7. 1 Kings 9:7 אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח 'a.sha.Lach · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

  8. 1 Kings 9:14 וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.

  9. 1 Kings 9:27 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

  10. 1 Kings 11:21 שַׁלְּחֵ֖נִי sha.le.Che.ni · A command to you: strong action

    And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.

  11. 1 Kings 11:22 שַׁלֵּ֖חַ sha.Le.ach · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit only let me depart.

  12. 1 Kings 11:22 תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי׃ te.sha.le.Che.ni · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit only let me depart.

  13. 1 Kings 12:3 וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ vai.yish.le.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

  14. 1 Kings 12:18 וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

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

  15. 1 Kings 12:20 וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֗וּ vai.yish.le.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

  16. 1 Kings 13:4 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

  17. 1 Kings 13:4 שָׁלַ֣ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

  18. 1 Kings 14:6 שָׁל֥וּחַ sha.Lu.ach · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

  19. 1 Kings 15:18 וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם vai.yish.la.Chem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

  20. 1 Kings 15:19 שָׁלַ֨חְתִּֽי sha.Lach.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

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

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