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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. Genesis 42:16שִׁלְח֨וּ · Send
    Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
  2. Genesis 43:4מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ · you will send
    If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
  3. Genesis 43:5מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ · send him
    But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
  4. Genesis 43:8שִׁלְחָ֥ה · Send
    And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
  5. Genesis 43:14וְשִׁלַּ֥ח · that he may release
    May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
  6. Genesis 44:3שֻׁלְּח֔וּ · were sent on their way
    At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
  7. Genesis 45:5שְׁלָחַ֥נִי · sent me
    And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
  8. Genesis 45:7וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי · sent me
    God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
  9. Genesis 45:8שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם · who sent
    Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
  10. Genesis 45:23שָׁלַ֤ח · And he sent
    And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
  11. Genesis 45:24וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח · on their way
    Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
  12. Genesis 45:27שָׁלַ֥ח · had sent
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  13. Genesis 46:5שָׁלַ֥ח · had sent
    Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
  14. Genesis 46:28שָׁלַ֤ח · Now Jacob had sent
    Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
  15. Genesis 48:14וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · stretched out
    But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
  16. Genesis 49:21שְׁלֻחָ֑ה · set free
    Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
  17. Exodus 2:5וַתִּשְׁלַ֥ח · she sent
    Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
  18. Exodus 3:10וְאֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֖ · I am sending
    Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  19. Exodus 3:12שְׁלַחְתִּ֑יךָ · have sent you
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  20. Exodus 3:13שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · has sent me
    Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
  21. Exodus 3:14שְׁלָחַ֥נִי · has sent me
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  22. Exodus 3:15שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · has sent me
    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  23. Exodus 3:20וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֤י · So I will stretch out; יְשַׁלַּ֥ח · he will release
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  24. Exodus 4:4שְׁלַח֙ · Stretch out; וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · [who] reached out
    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  25. Exodus 4:13שְֽׁלַֽח־ · send; תִּשְׁלָֽח׃
    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
  26. Exodus 4:21יְשַׁלַּ֖ח · go
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  27. Exodus 4:23שַׁלַּ֤ח · go; לְשַׁלְּח֑וֹ · to let him go
    …and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
  28. Exodus 4:28שְׁלָח֑וֹ · had sent him
    And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
  29. Exodus 5:1שַׁלַּח֙ · go
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  30. Exodus 5:2לְשַׁלַּ֖ח · go; אֲשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃ · go
    But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
  31. Exodus 5:22שְׁלַחְתָּֽנִי׃ · You sent me
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  32. Exodus 6:1יְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם · he will let [the people] go
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  33. Exodus 6:11וִֽישַׁלַּ֥ח · go out
    “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
  34. Exodus 7:2וְשִׁלַּ֥ח · go
    You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
  35. Exodus 7:14לְשַׁלַּ֥ח · go
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.
  36. Exodus 7:16שְׁלָחַ֤נִי · has sent me; שַׁלַּח֙ · go
    Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
  37. Exodus 8:1שַׁלַּ֥ח · go
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  38. Exodus 8:2לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ · to let them go
    But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
  39. Exodus 8:8וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה֙ · go
    Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
  40. Exodus 8:20שַׁלַּ֥ח · go
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  41. Exodus 8:21מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ · go; מַשְׁלִ֨יחַ · I will send
    But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
  42. Exodus 8:28אֲשַׁלַּ֤ח · will let you go
    Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
  43. Exodus 8:29שַׁלַּ֣ח · go
    “As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”