שָׁלַח
to send
also: send away, let go, stretch out fuller range ↓
H7971
Strong's Hebrew
shâlach
Transliteration
/shaw-lakh'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
847
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to send, send away, let go, stretch out
- (Qal)
- to send
- to stretch out, extend, direct
- to send away
- to let loose
- (Niphal) to be sent
- (Piel)
- to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
- to let go, set free
- to shoot forth (of branches)
- to let down
- to shoot
- (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
- (Hiphil) to send
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘send’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘send off’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”).
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel.
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Genesis 28 verses
- Genesis 3:23 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֛/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 8:7 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֖ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
- Genesis 8:8 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the surface of the ground,
- Genesis 8:10 שַׁלַּ֥ח Piel inf.cs He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- Genesis 8:12 וַ/יְשַׁלַּח֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.
- Genesis 12:20 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֥וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
- Genesis 18:16 לְ/שַׁלְּחָֽ/ם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
- Genesis 19:13 וַ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֥/נוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is grown great before Yahweh. Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."
- Genesis 19:29 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֤ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
- Genesis 21:14 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֶ֑/הָ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- Genesis 24:54 שַׁלְּחֻ֥/נִי Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 1cs They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."
- Genesis 24:56 שַׁלְּח֕וּ/נִי Piel impv 2mp + sfx pers 1cs He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
- Genesis 24:59 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֛וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham's servant, and his men.
- Genesis 25:6 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֞/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp but to the sons of the concubines who Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
- Genesis 26:27 וַ/תְּשַׁלְּח֖וּ/נִי conj + Piel wimpf 2mp + sfx pers 1cs Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"
- Genesis 26:29 וַ/נְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲ/ךָ֖ conj + Piel wimpf 1cp + sfx pers 2ms that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."
- Genesis 26:31 וַ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֣/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Genesis 28:6 וְ/שִׁלַּ֤ח conj + Piel pf 3ms Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,"
- Genesis 30:25 שַׁלְּחֵ֨/נִי֙ Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs It happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country.
- Genesis 31:27 וָֽ/אֲשַׁלֵּחֲ/ךָ֛ conj + Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp;
- Genesis 31:42 שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑/נִי Piel pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
- Genesis 32:26 שַׁלְּחֵ֔/נִי אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲ/ךָ֔ Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms The man said, "Let me go, for the day breaks." Jacob said, "I won't let you go, unless you bless me."
- Genesis 37:32 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֞וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
- Genesis 38:17 אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח שָׁלְחֶֽ/ךָ Piel impf 1cs Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"
- Genesis 43:4 מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ Piel ptcp.act ms If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food,
- Genesis 43:5 מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ Piel ptcp.act ms but if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'"
- Genesis 43:14 וְ/שִׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wpf 3ms May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
- Genesis 45:24 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."
Exodus 43 verses
- Exodus 3:20 וְ/שָׁלַחְתִּ֤י יְשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Qal wpf 1cs Piel impf 3ms I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst of it, and after that he will let you go.
- Exodus 4:21 יְשַׁלַּ֖ח Piel impf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
- Exodus 4:23 שַׁלַּ֤ח לְ/שַׁלְּח֑/וֹ Piel impv 2ms prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"
- Exodus 5:1 שַׁלַּח֙ Piel impv 2ms Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
- Exodus 5:2 לְ/שַׁלַּ֖ח אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ prep + Piel inf.cs Piel impf 1cs Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
- Exodus 6:1 יְשַׁלְּחֵ֔/ם Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
- Exodus 6:11 וִֽ/ישַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel impf 3ms "Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land."
- Exodus 7:2 וְ/שִׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wpf 3ms You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Exodus 7:14 לְ/שַׁלַּ֥ח prep + Piel inf.cs Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
- Exodus 7:16 שְׁלָחַ֤/נִי שַׁלַּח֙ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Piel impv 2ms You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and, behold, until now you haven't listened.
- Exodus 8:1 שַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impv 2ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:2 לְ/שַׁלֵּ֑חַ prep + Piel inf.cs If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs:
- Exodus 8:8 וַ/אֲשַׁלְּחָה֙ conj + Piel coh 1cs Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:20 שַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:21 מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ מַשְׁלִ֨יחַ Piel ptcp.act ms Hiphil ptcp.act ms Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
- Exodus 8:28 אֲשַׁלַּ֤ח Piel impf 1cs Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me."
- Exodus 8:29 שַׁלַּ֣ח Piel inf.cs Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:32 שִׁלַּ֖ח Piel pf 3ms Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let the people go.
- Exodus 9:1 שַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impv 2ms Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:2 לְ/שַׁלֵּ֑חַ prep + Piel inf.cs For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
- Exodus 9:7 וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֣ח שִׁלַּ֖ח conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Piel pf 3ms Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
- Exodus 9:13 שַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:17 שַׁלְּחָֽ/ם Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
- Exodus 9:28 וַ/אֲשַׁלְּחָ֣ה conj + Piel coh 1cs Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
- Exodus 9:35 שִׁלַּ֖ח Piel pf 3ms The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn't let the children of Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
- Exodus 10:3 שַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impv 2ms Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 10:4 לְ/שַׁלֵּ֣חַ prep + Piel inf.cs Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
- Exodus 10:7 שַׁלַּח֙ Piel impv 2ms Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
- Exodus 10:10 אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impf 1cs He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.
- Exodus 10:20 שִׁלַּ֖ח Piel pf 3ms But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go.
- Exodus 10:27 לְ/שַׁלְּחָֽ/ם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he wouldn't let them go.
- Exodus 11:1 יְשַׁלַּ֥ח כְּ/שַׁ֨לְּח֔/וֹ Piel impf 3ms prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
- Exodus 11:10 שִׁלַּ֥ח Piel pf 3ms Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he didn't let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Exodus 12:33 לְ/שַׁלְּחָ֣/ם prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."
- Exodus 13:15 לְ/שַׁלְּחֵ/נוּ֒ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 1cp and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
- Exodus 13:17 בְּ/שַׁלַּ֣ח prep + Piel inf.cs It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
- Exodus 14:5 שִׁלַּ֥חְנוּ Piel pf 1cp It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
- Exodus 15:7 תְּשַׁלַּח֙ Piel impf 2ms In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you: You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.
- Exodus 18:27 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
- Exodus 21:26 יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖/נּוּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
- Exodus 21:27 יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖/נּוּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms If he strikes out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
- Exodus 22:5 וְ/שִׁלַּח֙ conj + Piel pf 3ms "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
- Exodus 23:27 אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח Piel impf 1cs I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
Leviticus 9 verses
- Leviticus 14:7 וְ/שִׁלַּ֛ח conj + Piel wpf 3ms He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
- Leviticus 14:53 וְ/שִׁלַּ֞ח conj + Piel wpf 3ms but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean."
- Leviticus 16:10 לְ/שַׁלַּ֥ח prep + Piel inf.cs But the goat, on which the lot fell for the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before Yahweh, to make atonement for him, to send him away for the scapegoat into the wilderness.
- Leviticus 16:21 וְ/שִׁלַּ֛ח conj + Piel wpf 3ms Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
- Leviticus 16:22 וְ/שִׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wpf 3ms The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
- Leviticus 16:26 וְ/הַֽ/מְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ conj + ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms "He who lets the goat go for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
- Leviticus 18:24 מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ Piel ptcp.act ms "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
- Leviticus 20:23 מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ Piel ptcp.act ms You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
- Leviticus 26:25 וְ/שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי conj + Piel wpf 1cs I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Numbers 5 verses
- Numbers 5:2 וִֽ/ישַׁלְּחוּ֙ conj + Piel impf 3mp "Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.
- Numbers 5:3 תְּשַׁלֵּ֔חוּ תְּשַׁלְּח֑וּ/ם Piel impf 2mp Piel impf 2mp + sfx pers 3mp Both male and female shall you put out, outside of the camp shall you put them; that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
- Numbers 5:4 וַ/יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp The children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp; as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
- Numbers 21:6 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֨ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Numbers 22:40 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֣ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
Deuteronomy 14 verses
- Deuteronomy 7:20 יְשַׁלַּ֛ח Piel impf 3ms Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
- Deuteronomy 15:12 תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥/נּוּ Piel impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.
- Deuteronomy 15:13 תְשַׁלְּחֶ֥/נּוּ תְשַׁלְּחֶ֖/נּוּ Piel impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Piel impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty:
- Deuteronomy 15:18 בְּ/שַׁלֵּֽחֲ/ךָ֙ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 2ms It shall not seem hard to you, when you let him go free from you; for to the double of the hire of a hireling has he served you six years: and Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.
- Deuteronomy 21:14 וְ/שִׁלַּחְתָּ/הּ֙ conj + Piel wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3fs It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.
- Deuteronomy 22:7 שַׁלֵּ֤חַ תְּשַׁלַּח֙ Piel inf.abs Piel impf 2ms you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.
- Deuteronomy 22:19 לְ/שַּׁלְּחָ֖/הּ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
- Deuteronomy 22:29 שַׁלְּחָ֖/ה Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
- Deuteronomy 24:1 וְ/שִׁלְּחָ֖/הּ conj + Piel wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
- Deuteronomy 24:3 וְ/שִׁלְּחָ֖/הּ conj + Piel wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
- Deuteronomy 24:4 שִׁ֠לְּחָ/הּ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 28:20 יְשַׁלַּ֣ח Piel impf 3ms Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.
- Deuteronomy 28:48 יְשַׁלְּחֶ֤/נּוּ Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Yahweh shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he have destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 32:24 אֲשַׁלַּח Piel impf 1cs [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat Bitter destruction; The teeth of animals will I send on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 2:21 וַֽ/תְּשַׁלְּחֵ֖/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp She said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
- Joshua 22:6 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֔/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- Joshua 22:7 שִׁלְּחָ֧/ם Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
- Joshua 24:28 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֤ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
Judges 11 verses
- Judges 1:8 שִׁלְּח֥וּ Piel pf 3cp The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- Judges 1:25 שִׁלֵּֽחוּ Piel pf 3cp He shown them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
- Judges 2:6 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
- Judges 3:18 וַ/יְשַׁלַּח֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms When he had made an end of offering the tribute, he sent away the people who bore the tribute.
- Judges 7:8 שִׁלַּח֙ Piel pf 3ms So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
- Judges 12:9 שִׁלַּ֣ח Piel pf 3ms He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
- Judges 15:5 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֖ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
- Judges 19:25 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֖וּ/הָ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3fs But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
- Judges 19:29 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֶ֔/הָ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3fs When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.
- Judges 20:6 וָֽ/אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔/הָ conj + Piel wimpf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
- Judges 20:48 שִׁלְּח֥וּ Piel pf 3cp The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
1 Samuel 20 verses
- 1 Samuel 5:10 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֛וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.
- 1 Samuel 5:11 וַ/יִּשְׁלְח֨וּ שַׁלְּח֞וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Piel impv 2mp They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
- 1 Samuel 6:2 נְשַׁלְּחֶ֥/נּוּ Piel impf 1cp + sfx pers 3ms The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place."
- 1 Samuel 6:3 מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ Piel ptcp.act mp Piel juss 2mp They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."
- 1 Samuel 6:6 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּח֖וּ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn't they let the people go, and they departed?
- 1 Samuel 6:8 וְ/שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם conj + Piel wpf 2mp and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.
- 1 Samuel 9:19 וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י/ךָ conj + Piel wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
- 1 Samuel 9:26 וַ/אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑/ךָּ conj + Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms They arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send you away. Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
- 1 Samuel 10:25 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֧ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- 1 Samuel 11:7 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֞ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
- 1 Samuel 13:2 שִׁלַּ֖ח Piel pf 3ms Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
- 1 Samuel 19:17 וַ/תְּשַׁלְּחִ֥י שַׁלְּחִ֖/נִי conj + Piel wimpf 2fs Piel impv 2fs + sfx pers 1cs Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
- 1 Samuel 20:5 וְ/שִׁלַּחְתַּ֨/נִי֙ conj + Piel wpf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
- 1 Samuel 20:13 וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּ֖י/ךָ conj + Piel wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don't disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
- 1 Samuel 20:20 לְ/שַֽׁלַּֽח prep + Piel inf.cs I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
- 1 Samuel 20:22 שִֽׁלַּחֲ/ךָ֖ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
- 1 Samuel 20:29 שַׁלְּחֵ֣/נִי Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
- 1 Samuel 24:19 וְ/שִׁלְּח֖/וֹ conj + Piel wpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me this day.
- 1 Samuel 30:26 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֧ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh:
- 1 Samuel 31:9 וַ/יְשַׁלְּח֨וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
2 Samuel 9 verses
- 2 Samuel 3:21 וַ/יְּשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:22 שִׁלְּח֖/וֹ Piel pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:23 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֖/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms When Joab and all the host who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
- 2 Samuel 3:24 שִׁלַּחְתּ֖/וֹ Piel pf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?
- 2 Samuel 10:4 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
- 2 Samuel 11:12 אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑/ךָּ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2cs David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the next day.
- 2 Samuel 13:16 לְ/שַׁלְּחֵ֑/נִי prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs She said to him, Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is [worse] than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her.
- 2 Samuel 18:2 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֨ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
- 2 Samuel 19:31 לְ/שַׁלְּח֖/וֹ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.
1 Kings 6 verses
- 1 Kings 8:66 שִׁלַּ֣ח Piel pf 3ms On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
- 1 Kings 9:7 אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח Piel impf 1cs then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- 1 Kings 11:21 שַׁלְּחֵ֖/נִי Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cs 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 my own country.
- 1 Kings 11:22 שַׁלֵּ֖חַ תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽ/נִי Piel inf.abs Piel impf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country? He answered, Nothing: however only let me depart.
- 1 Kings 20:34 אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑/ךָּ וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ/הוּ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
- 1 Kings 20:42 שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ Piel pf 2ms He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
2 Kings 6 verses
- 2 Kings 5:24 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֥ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
- 2 Kings 6:23 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֔/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
- 2 Kings 8:12 תְּשַׁלַּ֤ח Piel impf 2ms Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds will you set on fire, and their young men will you kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.
- 2 Kings 17:25 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֨ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms So it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they didn't fear Yahweh: therefore Yahweh sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
- 2 Kings 17:26 וַ/יְשַׁלַּח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 24:2 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֣ח וַ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֥/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
1 Chronicles 4 verses
- 1 Chronicles 8:8 שִׁלְח֖/וֹ Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
- 1 Chronicles 10:9 וַ/יְשַׁלְּח֨וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.
- 1 Chronicles 12:19 שִׁלְּחֻ֜/הוּ Piel pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
- 1 Chronicles 19:4 וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 שִׁלַּ֥ח Piel pf 3ms On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח Piel impf 1cs If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 שִׁלְּח֖וּ Piel pf 3cp It happened 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 to the king of Damascus.
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 הַֽ/מְשַׁלְּחִ֤ים ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act mp However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to 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.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 11 verses
- Job 8:4 וַֽ֝/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience;
- Job 12:15 וִֽ֝/ישַׁלְּחֵ֗/ם conj + Piel impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
- Job 14:20 וַֽ/תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽ/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms You forever prevail against him, and he passes; You change his face, and send him away.
- Job 20:23 יְֽשַׁלַּח Piel impf 3ms When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
- Job 21:11 יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ Piel impf 3mp They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
- Job 22:9 שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ Piel pf 2ms You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Job 30:11 שִׁלֵּֽחוּ Piel pf 3cp For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; And they have thrown off restraint before me.
- Job 30:12 שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ Piel pf 3cp On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.
- Job 38:35 הַֽ/תְשַׁלַּ֣ח ptcl inter + Piel impf 2ms Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'
- Job 39:3 תְּשַׁלַּֽחְנָה Piel impf 3fp They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, They end their labor pains.
- Job 39:5 שִׁלַּ֣ח Piel pf 3ms "Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
Psalms 9 verses
- Psalms 44:2 וַֽ/תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.
- Psalms 74:7 שִׁלְח֣וּ Piel pf 3cp They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your Name.
- Psalms 78:45 יְשַׁלַּ֬ח Piel impf 3ms He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
- Psalms 78:49 יְשַׁלַּח Piel impf 3ms He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, indignation, and trouble, And a band of angels of evil.
- Psalms 80:11 תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח Piel impf 3fs It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
- Psalms 81:12 וָֽ֭/אֲשַׁלְּחֵ/הוּ conj + Piel wimpf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, That they might walk in their own counsels.
- Psalms 104:10 הַֽ/מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act ms He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
- Psalms 104:30 תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח Piel impf 2ms You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
- Psalms 106:15 וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֖ח conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
Proverbs 5 verses
- Proverbs 6:14 יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ Piel impf 3ms In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.
- Proverbs 6:19 וּ/מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ conj + Piel ptcp.act ms A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 16:28 יְשַׁלַּ֣ח Piel impf 3ms A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
- Proverbs 31:19 שִׁלְּחָ֣ה Piel pf 3fs She lays her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.
- Proverbs 31:20 שִׁלְּחָ֥ה Piel pf 3fs She opens her arms to the poor; Yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 10 verses
- Isaiah 10:6 אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔/נּוּ Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Isaiah 10:16 יְשַׁלַּ֨ח Piel impf 3ms Therefore will the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.
- Isaiah 27:8 בְּ/שַׁלְחָ֣/הּ prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
- Isaiah 32:20 מְשַׁלְּחֵ֥י Piel ptcp.act mp cs Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
- Isaiah 43:14 שִׁלַּ֣חְתִּי Piel pf 1cs Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
- Isaiah 45:13 יְשַׁלֵּ֔חַ Piel impf 3ms I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 50:1 שִׁלַּחְתִּ֔י/הָ שֻׁלְּחָ֥ה Piel pf 1cs + sfx pers 3fs Pual pf 3fs Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
- Isaiah 57:9 וַ/תְּשַׁלְּחִ֤י conj + Piel wimpf 2fs You went to the king with oil, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your ambassadors far off, and did debase yourself even to Sheol.
- Isaiah 58:6 וְ/שַׁלַּ֤ח conj + Piel inf.abs Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
- Isaiah 66:19 וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י conj + Piel wpf 1cs I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, who have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
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At its core, שלח (shâlach) means “to send.” Across 5 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Qal, Niphal). It turns up in 790 verses across 34 books, one of the most common footprint. It first appears in Genesis 3:22. It clusters with משלוח, שלוח and שלח under a shared root. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
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Strong's · 1890
[idiom] any wise
Modern gloss
to send
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H7971 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 790
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 790 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #52
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 52 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 790 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 456 verses · 58%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 185 verses · 23%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 149 verses · 19%
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- King James Version: Sent 211×, He sent 53×, Send 35×
- American Standard Version: Sent 194×, He sent 48×, Send 35×
- Berean Standard Bible: Sent 148×, I will send 34×, Send 28×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Sent 176×, And 106×, He sent 69×
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Renders H7971 across 852 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 223 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7971 across 851 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 242 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7971 across 827 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 253 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 19 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7971 across 1,063 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 170 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
35 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 35 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳ Gn 42:4 +, 2 ms. sf. שְׁלַחְתָּ֑נִי Ex 5:22, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁלַח Gn 3:22 +, 2 fpl. תִּשְׁלַ֫חְנָה Ez 23:40 (Ju 5:26 read תִּשְׁלָחֶנָּה? Ob 3 תִּשְׁלַח יָד? Ges§ 47 k); Imv. ms. שְׁלַח 1 S 20:31 +, mpl. שְׁלָ֑חוּ 2 K 2:17; Inf. abs. שָׁל(וֹ)חַ Nu 22:37 +; cstr. שְׁלֹחַ v 15 +, שְׁלַח Is 58:9, sf. שָׁלְחֶ֑ךָ Gn 38:17, etc.; Pt. act. שֹׁלֵחַ Ex 9:14 +, etc.; שָׁלוּחַ 1 K 14:6 +, etc.;— e.g. Genesis 42:4
- 1. send: human subj., especially
- a. acc. pers. Gn 42:4; 43:8 (both J; c. אֵת with, pers.) Nu 22:15 (E) + often, c. ל rei for which Je 14:3; 16:16; sq. אֶל pers. Gn 37:13 (J), 2 S 11:6; Ne 6:5 +; rarely c. ל pers. Gn 32:19 (J; pass.), אֶל loc. 2 Ch 16:4, ב loc. 1 S 11:3, acc. loc. 2 K 22:3, -ה loc. 1 K 5:28, -ה loc. + מֵעַל pers. 2 S 13:17, מִן loc. Gn 37:14 (J), Nu 13:3 (P), etc.; sq. inf. purpose 1 S 25:14 (+ מִן loc.), 2 K 1:16 Je 40:14 +, אֶל pers. c. inf. purpose 2 S 10:3; Je 42:9 +, c. ו subord. 2 K 5:6, c. vb. fin. actionis Ex 2:5 (E), sent her maid and took, +, etc. (many combinations); acc. pers. alone 24:5 (E), Jos 7:22 (E), 2 S 10:7 + often e.g. Genesis 42:4
- b. less often acc. rei (sometimes c. בְּיַד of agent), c. אֶל pers. 1 S 16:20; 2 K 5:5; 20:12 +, 1 K 5:23 (= designate by sending unto), ל pers. Ju 3:15; 1 K 5:22 +, אֶל loc. Est 1:22, שָׁ֫מָּה 2 K 6:14; + inf. purpose 1 Ch 19:4; Est 4:4; + vb. fin. action. ψ 105:28; acc. of kid, alone, Gn 38:23 also (acc. om.) v 17, etc. e.g. 1 Samuel 16:20
- c. very often without obj.: + vb. fin. action., send and do so and so, Gn 27:45 (E), 2 K 11:4; Jb 1:5 +; c. אֶל pers. Ho 5:13; 2 S 11:6 +, especially + לֵאמֹר Gn 38:25 (J), 1 K 20:5 (often S K), Je 29:28 +; c. inf. purpose Gn 32:6 (J), Nu 21:32 (J), 1 S 22:11 +, etc. (and so 1 S 31:9, reading וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ, for Pi., Th We Dr Now, not HPS Bu); abs. 2 K 2:16, 17; 2 S 14:29; = send to inquire 1 K 20:17, etc. e.g. Genesis 27:45
- 2. send: subj. י׳ (God),
- a. acc. pers. Gn 45:5 (E; לִפְנֵי pers.), 1 S 15:18 (בְּדָ֑רֶךְ), + אֶל pers. 2 S 12:1; acc. of angel, לִפְנֵי pers. Gn 24:7; Ex 33:2 (both J), אֵת with Gn 24:40 (J), etc.; c. acc. pers. = commission Ex 3:12 (E), Ju 6:14; Is 6:8; Je 14:14, 15 + often Je, Zc 2:13 +; also (c. אֶל pers.) Ex 3:13 (E), Je 25:4; Ez 3:6 +, etc.; especially of sending prophet, (שָׁלַח), הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ Je 7:25 + (v. [שָׁכַם]); acc. pers. + inf. purpose 1 S 15:1; Je 19:14 +; + עַד loc. 2 K 2:2, acc. loc. v 4, ה—ָ loc. v 6, etc. e.g. Genesis 45:5
- b. c. acc. rei, plagues Ex 9:14 (c. אֶל־לֵב, ב pers.), fig. arrows 2 S 22:15 = ψ 18:15 (+ vb. fin. action.), ψ 144:6, cf. Je 25:16 al.; his word Is 9:7 (ב gent.), 55:11 (אשׁר to which), Zc 7:12 (ב agent.), ψ 107:20 (+ vb. fin. action.), 147:15 (+ acc. אֶרֶץ); acc. help 20:3 (מִן loc.), light and truth 43:3 (+ vb. fin. action.), cf. 57:4. e.g. Exodus 9:14
- 3. stretch out, especially acc. hand:
- a. human subj., c. ב pers. against, Gn 37:22 (E), 1 S 24:11; Est 2:21 +; c. ב rei (property of others) Ex 22:7, 10 (E), Est 9:10 +, בַּחַלָּמִישׁ Jb 28:9; c. אֶל pers. against Gn 22:12 (E), 2 S 18:12, עַל pers. 1 K 13:4, etc.; אֶל rei (for good) 2 S 6:6 (יָד om.); from outside, inward, Ct 5:4 (מִן loc.); abs. Jb 30:24 (read טֹבֵעַ for בְּעִי Di Bi Bu). + inf. purpose 1 S 22:17; 2 S 1:14; 1 Ch 13:9; + vb. fin. act. Gn 3:22 (J) Dt 25:11; Ju 15:15 +; שׁ׳ אֶצְבַּע Is 58:9, in token of scorn; c. acc. of rod 1 S 14:27; שִׁלֳחוּ מַגָּל Jo 4:13 stretch out (the) sickle. e.g. Genesis 37:22
- b. י׳ subj., acc. hand, + אֶל pers. against Ex 24:11 (E), cf. (עַל) ψ 138:7; + vb. fin. act. †Ex 3:20 (JE), 9:15 (J), Jb 1:11; 2:5; in favour, Je 1:9, abs. ψ 144:7 (מִן loc.), also (pass.) Ez 2:9 and (acc. תַּבְנִית יָד), 8:3. e.g. Exodus 24:11
- c. acc. hand, subj. angel, + acc. loc., inf. purpose 2 S 24:16, cherub, אֶל rei, מִן loc. Ez 10:7; adversary, אֶל pers. Jb 1:12; subj. angle, acc. rod Ju 6:21. e.g. 2 Samuel 24:16
- d. stretched out, slender, of tree Gn 49:21 (poem in J), v. i. אֵלָה supr. p. 18b. e.g. Genesis 49:21
- e. perhaps extend, direct, acc. rei Ez 8:17 (v. זְמוֹרָה supr. p. 274b, also conj. in Toy Krae). e.g. Ezekiel 8:17
- 4. rarely send away (v. Pi.): human subj., acc. pers. Ju 11:38 (+ acc. temp.), Gn 28:5 (P). e.g. Judges 11:38
- 5. let loose (v. Pi.), perhaps only ψ 50:19 (fig.) thy mouth hast thou let loose in evil. e.g. Psalms 50:19
Niphal
- Inf. abs. וְנִשְׁלוֹחַ סְפָרִים = letters were sent (Ges§ 114 z gg) Est 3:13 (+ אֶל pers., בְּיַד agent., inf. purpose). e.g. Esther 3:13
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. שִׁלַּח Ex 8:28 +, sf. שִׁלַּחֲךָ 1 S 20:22, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יְשַׁלַּח Je 3:1 +, יְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ Is 45:13; Pr 6:14; 1 s. sf. אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ Gn 32:27, אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֫ךָּ 2 S 11:12 1 K 20:34, etc.; Imv. ms. שַׁלַּח Ex 4:23 +, etc.; Inf. abs. Dt 22:7 1 K 11:22; cstr. שַׁלַּח Gn 8:10 +, שַׁלֵּ֑חַ Ex 7:27 +, etc.; Pt. מְשַׁלֵּחַ Gn 43:4 +, etc.;— e.g. Exodus 8:28
- 1. send off, away, human subj.:
- a. acc. pers. + ל loc. Jos 24:28 (E), Ju 7:8; 1 S 10:25 +; + ל pers. Je 48:12; + -ה loc. Ju 12:9 and (c. inf. purpose) Gn 28:6 (P); acc. of goat, לַעֲזָאזֵל Lv 16:10 (-ה loc.), v 26; send out, different ways, acc. pers., ב loc. Ju 19:29; 20:6; send into exile, י׳ subj., c. מִן loc. Je 24:5, -ה loc. 29:20. e.g. Joshua 24:28
- b. send away, dismiss, acc. pers. Gn 21:14 (E), 25:6 (J; מֵעַל pers.), 2 S 13:16 +; specif., c. acc. of wife (= divorce), Dt 22:19, 29; 24:1, 3; Je 3:1 +, abs. Mal 2:16. e.g. Genesis 21:14
- c. send away empty (-handed) רֵיקָם, + acc. pers. Gn 31:42 (E), Dt 15:13; Jb 22:9. e.g. Genesis 31:41
- d. send off, give a ‘send-off’ (sometimes escort part way), acc. pers., Gn 18:16; 24:59; 31:27 (all J), 1 S 9:26; 2 S 19:32; 2 K 5:24; 6:23; Ob 7. e.g. Genesis 18:16
- e. acc. rei 1 S 6:8 Ne 8:12 +, c. acc. loc. 1 S 5:10; 6:3, אֶל pers. Je 27:3, etc. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:8
- 2.
- a. send away, subj. י׳, acc. pers. Gn 19:29 (J; מִתּוֹךְ), 1 K 9:7 (מֵעַל פְּנֵי). e.g. Genesis 19:29
- b. give over, acc. pers. ψ 81:13 (ב of evil). e.g. Psalms 81:13
- c. cast out, acc. pers. Je 28:16 (מֵעַל־פְּנֵי), Lv 18:24; 20:23 (both מִפְּנֵי). e.g. Jeremiah 28:16
- d. send out, forth, send on a mission, especially of י׳, c. acc. of hornet Dt 7:20, cf. 28:20; 32:24 (all ב pers.), serpents Nu 21:6 (E; ב pers.), lions 2 K 17:25, 26 (both id.), foes 2 K 24:2(×2) (+ inf. purpose); pestilence Am 4:10; Ez 28:23 (ב pers.), etc.; also springs into (ב) channel ψ 104:10. e.g. Deuteronomy 7:20
- 3. let go, set free (sometimes c. חָפְשִׁי) Ex 4:23; 5:2(×2) (all JE), 2 S 3:21, 23, 24 +; = cease to abuse Ju 19:25; + inf. purpose Gn 24:56 (J), Ex 5:1 (E; + 10 times Ex), 1 S 5:11; c. acc. of bird Gn 8:7, 8 (+ מֵאִתּוֹ) +; + עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Lv 14:7, cf. v 53 (both P); = let loose, acc. of beast, Ex 22:4 (E), Lv 16:22 (ב loc.); acc. of bridle Jb 30:11 (fig.); metaph. of strife Pr 6:14, 19; 16:28; let loose waters, subj. י׳, Jb 12:15. e.g. Exodus 4:23
- 4. shoot forth branches, Je 17:8 ψ 80:12 Ez 31:5 (but v. i. שֶׁלַח 2); cf. of locks (פֶּרַע) Ez 44:20 = let grow long. e.g. Jeremiah 17:8
- 5. let down, acc. pers. Je 38:6 (ב instr.), acc. rei v 11 (id. + אֶל pers. et loc.). e.g. Jeremiah 38:6
- 6. shoot (acc. of arrow om.), לְשַׁ׳ לִי לְמַטָּרָה 1 S 20:20. e.g. 1 Samuel 20:20
- 7. phrases: שִׁלַּח (אֶת־)הָעִיר בָּאֵשׁ †Ju 1:8; 20:48, cf. 2 K 8:12 ψ 74:7; but also שׁ׳ אֵשׁ בְּ †Am 1:4, 7, 10, 12; 2:2, 5; Ho 8:14; Ez 39:6; rare expressions are: וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם Jb 8:4 (God subj.); stretch out hand, ב rei (for use) Pr 31:19, ל pers. (charity) v 20; חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה Jb 39:3 (of hinds, bearing); שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּ֑יִם Ec 11:1.—רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ Jb 30:12 is corrupt; Theod Ew Di רַגְלָם שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ; Me Bu Be al. dittogr. from v 11 b. e.g. Judges 1:8
Pual
- Pf. 3 ms. שֻׁלַּח Ju 5:15; Jb 18:8, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יְשֻׁלַּח Pr 17:11; Pt. מְשֻׁלָּח Is 16:2 +;—be sent off (started on journey) Gn 44:3 (J); with commission, ב pers. Ob 1; Pr 17:11, אֶל pers. Dn 10:11; be put away, divorced, of wife Is 50:1 (fig.); be impelled (?), בְּרַגְלָיו (= at his heels?), c. ב loc. Ju 5:15 (vb. dub.), cf. שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו Jb 18:8 he is hurried into the net with his feet (? 𝔊 Du שֻׁלְּחָה רַגְלוֹ); קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח Is 16:2 a driven (scattered) nest (‖ עוֹף נוֹדֵד), cf. נָוֶה מְשׁ׳ וְנֶעֱזָב כַּמִּדְבָּר 27:10; נַעַר מְשׁ׳ Pr 29:15 a boy let loose (unrestrained). e.g. Judges 5:15
Hiphil
- Pf. 1 s. וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֫י and I (י׳) will send famine, בָּאָרֶץ Am 8:11, cf. Ez 14:13, wild beasts; ב pers. Lv 26:22 (H); Pt. מַשְׁלִיחַ, acc. of flies, ב pers. Ex 8:17 (J); Inf. cstr. לְהַשְׁלִיחַ, acc. of foe, ב gent. 2 K 15:37. e.g. Amos 8:11
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. send (NH id.; Ecclus 48:18 +; Aramaic שְׁלַח, ܫܠܰܚ, SoBuhl BaES 41 cp. Arabic سَرَحَ (r = l), send forth, drive cattle to pasture, send messenger, etc., but then diff. √ for i. שֶׁלַח, Arabic سِلَاحٌ, سِلَحٌ weapon; Assyrian prob. šalû (send, hurl?), whence tešlîtu, command);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁלַח
- to draw out; to stretch forth; to send. Erub. III, 2 השׁוֹלֵחַ ערובו וכ׳ if one sends his ‘Erub (עֵרוּב) forth to be laid by a deaf and dumb person. Ḥull. 59ᵇ, a. fr. שָׁלְחוּ מתם they sent word from there (from Palestine to Babylonia). Gitt. IV, 1 השולח גט וכ׳ if a man sends a letter of divorce to his wife &c. B. Kam. VI, 4, v. בְּעֵרָה. Ib. ש׳ ביד פיקח (ib. 60ᵃ שִׁילֵּחַ) if he sent out fire through a sane person; a. fr.—Part. pass. שָׁלוּחַ q. v.—ש׳ יד ב־ [to stretch out a hand against,] to make illegitimate use of, to misappropriate (Ex. XXII, 10). B. Mets. III, 12 השולח יד בפקדון if a person makes use of a trust. Ib. החושב לִשְׁלוֹחַ יד וכ׳ if he declares his intention to use a trust; אינו חייב עד שיִשְׁלַח בו יד he is not responsible (for loss), until he has used it; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 22:10
- same, to send; to send away, dismiss. Bets. I, 9 אין מְשַׁלְּחִין בי"ט וכ׳ on the Holy Day you dare not send (to a friend) anything except portions (of eatables, ready for use); משלחין בהמה וכ׳ you may send cattle … alive or slaughtered. Ḥull. XII, 3 שִׁלְּחָהּ וחזרה if he sent the mother bird away, and she came back. Ib. אמר … ומְשַׁלֵּחַ הבנים if he says, I will take the mother, and send the young away; חייב לשַׁלֵּחַ he is bound to send her away. Gen. R. s. 21 שִׁלְּחוֹ מגן … ושלחו וכ׳ he banished him (Adam) from the paradise of this world and from that of the other world; a. fr.
- to be sent off; to be commissioned. Yoma VI, 2, a. e. המִשְׁתַּלֵּחַ the goat that is to be sent away (Lev. XVI, 10), the scapegoat. Ib. 1 נשפך … המשתלח if the blood (of the goat designated for sacrifice) was spilt, the scapegoat is to be put to death (cannot be used for the ceremony). Gen. R. s. 49 מעשה באחד שנש׳ לגבות וכ׳ it happened that one was commissioned to tax the inhabitants &c.; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 16:10
שְׁלַח
- 1. to send, send off. Targ. Num. XIII, 2. Targ. O. ib. 16. Targ. Ps. XLIV, 3 Ms. (ed. פסד׳). Targ. Jer. XLII, 6 שָׁלְחִין (not שולחין); a. fr.—Part. pass. שְׁלִיחַ; f. שְׁלִיחָא; pl. שְׁלִיחִין, שְׁלִיחָן. Ob. I, 1. Targ. Is. XLIV, 26 שְׁלִיחוֹהִי ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. שְׁלוּח׳). Targ. I Chr. XIV, 15; a. fr.—Ber. 28ᵃ ש׳ להו וכ׳ R. J. sent them word to the school house; a. fr.—Koh. R. to III, 2 שְׁלִיחְהוֹן דברייתא the messenger of men (men’s guardian angel). e.g. Obadiah 1:1
- 2. to throw off, undress, flay (cmp. פָּשַׁט). Targ. Esth. V, 14. Targ. Is. XXXII, 11. Targ. II Chr. XXIX, 34; a. fr.—Ber. l. c. שְׁלַח מדך take off thy cloak (v. מַדָּא). Y. Taan. III, end, 67ᵃ הוה ש׳ מסאניה he took off one shoe; כד הוה ש׳ תריהון when he had taken off both of them; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Sot. 8ᵇ (proverbial expression) ש׳ ערטילאי וכ׳ undressed, naked, but with shoes on (a person cares more for shoes than for any other article of dress); Keth. 65ᵇ top האי תנא ש׳ וכ׳ this Tannai (who gave the wife the right to ask for three pairs of shoes and one suit of clothes) seems to assume that a woman cares more for shoes &c. Koh. R. to V, 10 איך אינון אתיין שליחין וכ׳ (not שלו׳) how will they come (on resurrection day), naked, or dressed? Ib. היך זרעתין ש׳ וכ׳ how didst thou plant them (the beans), undressed or dressed (in the pods)? a. e.
- 1. to send; to send off, dismiss. Targ. O. Lev. XVI, 21, sq. Targ. O. Ex. VIII, 17; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְשַׁלַּח; f. מְשַׁלְּחָא &c. Targ. O. Gen. XXXII, 19.
- 2. to strip, undress. Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top ובטול … יְשַׁלַּח and in the shade of the fig tree he (the ox) would shed his skin (feeling warm, he would rub himself against the tree); Snh. 18ᵇ. Sabb. 33ᵇ הוו מְשַׁלְּחֵי מנייהו used to put off their clothes. Shebu. 41ᵃ צורבא דרבנן משלח וכ׳ may a scholar strip a man of his cloak? (i.e. should a scholar as such have any prerogatives in law?); a. fr.
- 1. to send off, let loose. Targ. O. Ex. VIII, 17.
- 2. to strip, throw off; to flay. Targ. I Sam. XIX, 24. Targ. II Chr. XXXV, 11. Targ. Lev. I, 6 (Y. II ויחליש). Targ. Num. XX, 26; a. fr.
- 1. to be sent, sent off. Targ. Jud. V, 15. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXII, 19; a. fr.
- 2. to be stripped; to shed the skin. Ib. III, 21.—Ḥull. 59ᵃ מאן … מִישְׁתַּלַּח משכיה he who eats three Tiḳlas of asafoetida on an empty stomach, will shed his skin; ואי לא … מישת׳ משכאי had I not sat in water, I should have &c.
שֶׁלַח I
- (preced.) hide, fresh skin. Makhsh. V, 6 החובט על הש׳ he who beats upon a (wetted) hide. Bekh. IX, 4 נשחטה … והש׳ קיים when its mother has been killed, but the hide is still intact. Tosef. Sabb. VIII (IX), 1; a. e.—Pl. שְׁלָחִין. Sabb. IV, 2 טומנין בש׳ you may keep dishes warm (for the Sabbath) in fresh hides. Ib. 49ᵃ ש׳ של בעה"ב hides belonging to a private man; של אומן to a mechanic (shoemaker &c.). Ib.ᵇ הביאו ש׳ וכ׳ bring us hides to sit down on them; a. e.
שֶׁלַח
- (שָׁלַח) [stripped of its skin,] a pressed olive the stone of which slips out at a touch.—Pl. שְׁלָחִין, שְׁלוּ׳. Ab. Zar. II, 7 (39ᵇ; Mish. a. Y. ed. שלו׳). Ib. 40ᵇ היכי דמי ש׳ וכ׳ when are they called Sh’laḥin? When the stone slips out as you take the olive in your hand.
שֶׁלַח III
- , pl. שְׁלָחִין (tradit. pronunc. שַׁלְחִין) (שלח; cmp. Job V, 10, a. Neh. III, 15) arms, ditches for irrigation; בית הש׳ (שדה) a field which needs irrigation, opp. בית הבעל (v. בַּעַל). M. Kat. I, 1. Tosef. ib. I, 1 שדה בית הש׳ שחרבה a field dependent on irrigation which has become dry. Ib. 4 השלוחין ed. Zuck. (Var. השלח׳). M. Kat. 2ᵃ מאי משמע דהאי בית הש׳ לישנא דצחותא וכ׳ what evidence is there that beth hash-sh’laḥin has the meaning of thirstiness (dryness)? Answ. ref. to מְשַׁלְהֵי for עָיֵף (v. שַׁלְהֵי I). B. Bath. IV, 7 בית הש׳ the fields belonging to a township; expl. ib. 68ᵃ באגי fields, גינונייתא gardens (ref. to Cant. IV, 13). Ib. 99ᵇ; a. e. e.g. Job 5:10
שֶׁלַח IV
- (שָׁלַח) extension, stepping space or depth of a step. Midd. II, 3; III, 6 ושִׁלְחָהּ אמה and the depth of each step was one cubit, v. רוּם II.
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Forms in the corpus
The 457 distinct written forms H7971 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 397 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7971, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- משלוח mishlôwach H4916 pasture
- שלוח shillûwach H7964 parting gift
- שלח shᵉlach H7972 to send
- שלח shelach H7973 weapon
- שלחן shulchân H7979 table
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 745 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 790 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:22
- Exodus 2:5
- Leviticus 14:7
- Numbers 5:2
- Deuteronomy 1:22
- Joshua 1:16
- Judges 1:8
- 1 Samuel 4:4
- 2 Samuel 1:14
- 1 Kings 1:44
- 2 Kings 1:2
- 1 Chronicles 8:8
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
