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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 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,

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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;

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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?

  8. 2 Chronicles 25:17 וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח Vai.yish.lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

  9. 2 Chronicles 25:18 וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.

  10. 2 Chronicles 25:18 שָׁ֠לַח Sha.lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.

  11. 2 Chronicles 25:27 וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ vai.yish.le.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Jehovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

  12. 2 Chronicles 28:16 שָׁלַ֞ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

  13. 2 Chronicles 30:1 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  14. 2 Chronicles 32:9 שָׁ֠לַח Sha.lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

  15. 2 Chronicles 32:21 וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

  16. 2 Chronicles 32:31 הַֽמְשַׁלְּחִ֤ים ham.sha.le.Chim · An -ing word: strong action

    Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

  17. 2 Chronicles 34:8 שָׁ֠לַח Sha.lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Jehovah his God.

  18. 2 Chronicles 34:23 שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,

  19. 2 Chronicles 34:26 הַשֹּׁלֵ֤חַ ha.sho.Le.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

  20. 2 Chronicles 34:29 וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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