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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. Psalms 57:3 יִשְׁלַ֤ח yish.Lach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

  2. Psalms 57:3 יִשְׁלַ֥ח yish.Lach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

  3. Psalms 59:title בִּשְׁלֹ֥חַ bish.Lo.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

  4. Psalms 74:7 שִׁלְח֣וּ shil.Chu · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

  5. Psalms 78:25 שָׁלַ֖ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

  6. Psalms 78:45 יְשַׁלַּ֬ח ye.sha.Lach · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

  7. Psalms 78:49 יְשַׁלַּח־ ye.sha.lach- · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

  8. Psalms 80:11 תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח te.sha.Lach · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

  9. Psalms 81:12 וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ Va.'a.sha.le.che.hu · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by me

    So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

  10. Psalms 104:10 הַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ ham.sha.Le.ach · An -ing word: strong action

    He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

  11. Psalms 104:30 תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח te.sha.Lach · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

  12. Psalms 105:17 שָׁלַ֣ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant:

  13. Psalms 105:20 שָׁ֣לַח Sha.lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The king sent and loosed him; Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

  14. Psalms 105:26 שָׁ֭לַח Sha.lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.

  15. Psalms 105:28 שָׁ֣לַֽח Sha.lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He sent darkness, and made it dark; And they rebelled not against his words.

  16. Psalms 106:15 וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח vay.sha.Lach · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

  17. Psalms 107:20 יִשְׁלַ֣ח yish.Lach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions.

  18. Psalms 110:2 יִשְׁלַ֣ח yish.Lach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

  19. Psalms 111:9 שָׁ֘לַ֤ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    He hath sent redemption unto his people; He hath commanded his covenant for ever: Holy and reverend is his name.

  20. Psalms 125:3 יִשְׁלְח֖וּ yish.le.Chu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

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