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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. Exodus 8:32שִׁלַּ֖ח · go
    But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.
  2. Exodus 9:1שַׁלַּ֥ח · go
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  3. Exodus 9:2לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ · to let them go
    But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
  4. Exodus 9:7וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent officials; שִׁלַּ֖ח · go
    Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.
  5. Exodus 9:13שַׁלַּ֥ח · go
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  6. Exodus 9:14שֹׁלֵ֜חַ · will send
    Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
  7. Exodus 9:15שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי · I could have stretched out
    For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  8. Exodus 9:17שַׁלְּחָֽם׃ · allow them to go
    Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
  9. Exodus 9:19שְׁלַ֤ח · give orders {now}
    So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”
  10. Exodus 9:27וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · summoned
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
  11. Exodus 9:28וַאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣ה · I will let you go
    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  12. Exodus 9:35שִׁלַּ֖ח · go
    So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
  13. Exodus 10:3שַׁלַּ֥ח · go
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  14. Exodus 10:4לְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ · go
    But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
  15. Exodus 10:7שַׁלַּח֙ · go
    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
  16. Exodus 10:10אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח · let you go
    Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
  17. Exodus 10:20שִׁלַּ֖ח · go
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
  18. Exodus 10:27לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃ · to let them go
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
  19. Exodus 11:1יְשַׁלַּ֥ח · he will allow you to leave; כְּשַׁ֨לְּח֔וֹ · And when he lets you go
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
  20. Exodus 11:10שִׁלַּ֥ח · go out
    Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
  21. Exodus 12:33לְשַׁלְּחָ֣ם · And in order to send them
    And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
  22. Exodus 13:15לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּ֒ · to let us go
    And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
  23. Exodus 13:17בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח · go
    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
  24. Exodus 14:5שִׁלַּ֥חְנוּ · We have released
    When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
  25. Exodus 15:7תְּשַׁלַּח֙ · You unleashed
    You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
  26. Exodus 18:27וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח · sent
    Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.
  27. Exodus 21:26יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ · he must let the servant go
    If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
  28. Exodus 21:27יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ · he must let the servant go
    And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
  29. Exodus 22:5וְשִׁלַּח֙ · to stray
    If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
  30. Exodus 22:8שָׁלַ֛ח · he has taken
    If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
  31. Exodus 22:11שָׁלַ֛ח · the man has taken
    …an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
  32. Exodus 23:20שֹׁלֵ֤חַ · am sending
    Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
  33. Exodus 23:27אֲשַׁלַּ֣ח · I will send
    I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
  34. Exodus 23:28וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י · I will send
    I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
  35. Exodus 24:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח · Then he sent out
    Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
  36. Exodus 24:11שָׁלַ֖ח · lay
    But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
  37. Exodus 33:2וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֥י · And I will send
    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  38. Exodus 33:12תִּשְׁלַ֖ח · You will send
    Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
  39. Leviticus 14:7וְשִׁלַּ֛ח · and release
    Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.
  40. Leviticus 14:53וְשִׁלַּ֞ח · Finally, he is to release
    Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
  41. Leviticus 16:10לְשַׁלַּ֥ח · by sending
    But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
  42. Leviticus 16:21וְשִׁלַּ֛ח · and send it away
    Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
  43. Leviticus 16:22וְשִׁלַּ֥ח · and [the man] will release
    The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.
  44. Leviticus 16:26וְהַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֤חַ · The man who released
    The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
  45. Leviticus 18:24מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ · am driving out
    Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
  46. Leviticus 20:23מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ · am driving out
    You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  47. Leviticus 26:22וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֨י · I will send
    I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
  48. Leviticus 26:25וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי · I will send
    And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.