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שָׁלַח

sha.lachto send: departHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb847 occurrences34 books790 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: × any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלַח:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

847 total
  1. 2 Kings 19:16שְׁלָח֔וֹ · has sent
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  2. 2 Kings 19:20וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
  3. 2 Kings 20:12שָׁלַ֡ח · sent
    At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
  4. 2 Kings 22:3שָׁלַ֣ח · sent
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the scribe, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying,
  5. 2 Kings 22:15שָׁלַ֥ח · sent
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  6. 2 Kings 22:18הַשֹּׁלֵ֤חַ · who sent
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  7. 2 Kings 23:1וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח · summoned
    Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
  8. 2 Kings 23:16וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח · and he sent
    And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
  9. 2 Kings 24:2וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח · sent; וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥ם · [in order]
    And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
  10. 1 Chronicles 8:8שִׁלְח֖וֹ · he had divorced
    Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
  11. 1 Chronicles 10:9וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ · and sent
    They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
  12. 1 Chronicles 12:19שִׁלְּחֻ֜הוּ · and sent David away
    Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
  13. 1 Chronicles 13:2נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה · let us send word
    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
  14. 1 Chronicles 13:9וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · reached out
    When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
  15. 1 Chronicles 13:10שָׁלַ֥ח · he had put
    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
  16. 1 Chronicles 14:1וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח · sent
    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
  17. 1 Chronicles 18:10וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · he sent
    …he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
  18. 1 Chronicles 19:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · sent
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
  19. 1 Chronicles 19:3שָׁלַ֥ח · David has sent
    …the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
  20. 1 Chronicles 19:4וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ · and sent them away
    So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
  21. 1 Chronicles 19:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · he sent
    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  22. 1 Chronicles 19:6וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent
    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
  23. 1 Chronicles 19:8וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
  24. 1 Chronicles 19:16וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ · they sent
    When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
  25. 1 Chronicles 21:12שֹׁלְחִ֖י · to Him who sent me
    …between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  26. 1 Chronicles 21:15וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · sent
    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  27. 2 Chronicles 2:3וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent; וַתִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ · when you sent
    Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
  28. 2 Chronicles 2:7שְֽׁלַֽח־ · Send
    Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.
  29. 2 Chronicles 2:8וּֽשְׁלַֽח־ · Send me
    Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
  30. 2 Chronicles 2:11וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח · in reply
    Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
  31. 2 Chronicles 2:13שָׁלַ֧חְתִּי · am sending you
    So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
  32. 2 Chronicles 2:15יִשְׁלַ֖ח · send
    Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.
  33. 2 Chronicles 6:34תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם · You send them
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  34. 2 Chronicles 7:10שִׁלַּ֥ח · away
    On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.
  35. 2 Chronicles 7:13אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח · I send
    If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
  36. 2 Chronicles 8:18וַיִּֽשְׁלַֽח־ · sent
    So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
  37. 2 Chronicles 10:3וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ · So they sent for
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
  38. 2 Chronicles 10:18וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח · sent out
    Then King Rehoboam sent out Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
  39. 2 Chronicles 16:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח · and he sent it
    So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
  40. 2 Chronicles 16:3שָׁלַ֤חְתִּֽי · I have sent
    “Let there be a treaty between me and you as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
  41. 2 Chronicles 16:4וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח · and sent
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
  42. 2 Chronicles 17:7שָׁלַ֤ח · Jehoshaphat sent
    In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
  43. 2 Chronicles 24:19וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · Nevertheless, [the LORD] sent
    Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.
  44. 2 Chronicles 24:23שִׁלְּח֖וּ · and they sent
    In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
  45. 2 Chronicles 25:15וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · and He sent
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
  46. 2 Chronicles 25:17וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח · and sent
    Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent word to the king of Israel Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu. “Come, let us meet face to face,” he said.
  47. 2 Chronicles 25:18וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח · replied; שָׁ֠לַח · sent
    But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.