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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 29:20 שִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי shi.Lach.ti · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Hear ye therefore the word of Jehovah, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  2. Jeremiah 29:25 שָׁלַ֨חְתָּ sha.Lach.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thine own name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

  3. Jeremiah 29:28 שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, The captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?

  4. Jeremiah 29:31 שְׁלַ֤ח she.Lach · A command to you: simple action

    Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

  5. Jeremiah 29:31 שְׁלַחְתִּ֔יו she.lach.Tiv · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

  6. Jeremiah 34:9 לְ֠שַׁלַּח Le.sha.lach · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

  7. Jeremiah 34:10 לְ֠שַׁלַּח Le.sha.lach · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

  8. Jeremiah 34:10 וַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ vay.sha.Le.chu · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

  9. Jeremiah 34:11 שִׁלְּח֖וּ shi.le.Chu · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.

  10. Jeremiah 34:14 תְּֽשַׁלְּח֡וּ te.sha.le.Chu · An action: strong action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

  11. Jeremiah 34:14 וְשִׁלַּחְתּ֥וֹ ve.shi.lach.To · An action: strong action, and then it will happen, done by you

    At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

  12. Jeremiah 34:16 שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם shi.lach.Tem · An action: strong action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

  13. Jeremiah 35:15 וָאֶשְׁלַ֣ח va.'esh.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

    I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

  14. Jeremiah 35:15 וְשָׁלֹ֣חַ׀ ve.sha.Lo.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

  15. Jeremiah 36:14 וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ vai.yish.le.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

  16. Jeremiah 36:21 וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.

  17. Jeremiah 37:3 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.

  18. Jeremiah 37:7 הַשֹּׁלֵ֧חַ ha.sho.Le.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

  19. Jeremiah 37:17 וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ vai.yish.Lach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

  20. Jeremiah 38:6 וַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ vay.sha.le.Chu · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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