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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. Jeremiah 25:15 שֹׁלֵ֥חַ sho.Le.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

  2. Jeremiah 25:16 שֹׁלֵ֖חַ sho.Le.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

  3. Jeremiah 25:17 שְׁלָחַ֥נִי she.la.Cha.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then took I the cup at Jehovah's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:

  4. Jeremiah 25:27 שֹׁלֵ֖חַ sho.Le.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

  5. Jeremiah 26:5 שֹׁלֵ֣חַ sho.Le.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

  6. Jeremiah 26:5 וְשָׁלֹ֖חַ ve.sha.Lo.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send unto you, even rising up early and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

  7. Jeremiah 26:12 שְׁלָחַ֗נִי she.la.Cha.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, Jehovah sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

  8. Jeremiah 26:15 שְׁלָחַ֤נִי she.la.Cha.ni · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  9. Jeremiah 26:22 וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

  10. Jeremiah 27:3 וְשִׁלַּחְתָּם֩ ve.shi.lach.Tam · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers that come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

  11. Jeremiah 27:15 שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ she.lach.Tim · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    For I have not sent them, saith Jehovah, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that ye may perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

  12. Jeremiah 28:9 שְׁלָח֥וֹ she.la.Cho · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah hath truly sent him.

  13. Jeremiah 28:15 שְׁלָחֲךָ֣ she.la.cha.Kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

  14. Jeremiah 28:16 מְשַֽׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֔ me.sha.le.cha.Kha · An -ing word: strong action

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

  15. Jeremiah 29:1 שָׁלַ֛ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,

  16. Jeremiah 29:3 שָׁלַ֜ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,) saying,

  17. Jeremiah 29:9 שְׁלַחְתִּ֖ים she.lach.Tim · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith Jehovah.

  18. Jeremiah 29:17 מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ me.sha.Le.ach · An -ing word: strong action

    thus saith Jehovah of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

  19. Jeremiah 29:19 שָׁלַ֨חְתִּי sha.Lach.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

  20. Jeremiah 29:19 וְשָׁלֹ֔חַ ve.sha.Lo.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    because they have not hearkened to my words, saith Jehovah, wherewith I sent unto them my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith Jehovah.

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