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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. Judges 13:8שָׁלַ֗חְתָּ · You sent us
    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
  2. Judges 15:5וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח · and released [the foxes]
    Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
  3. Judges 15:15וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · reached out
    He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
  4. Judges 16:18וַתִּשְׁלַ֡ח · she sent
    When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
  5. Judges 18:2וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ · sent out
    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
  6. Judges 19:25וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָ · they let her go
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
  7. Judges 19:29וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָ · and sent her
    When he reached his house, he picked up a knife, took hold of his concubine, cut her limb by limb into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.
  8. Judges 20:6וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָ · and sent her
    Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
  9. Judges 20:12וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ · sent
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  10. Judges 20:48שִׁלְּח֥וּ · burned down
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
  11. Judges 21:10וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־ · sent
    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
  12. Judges 21:13וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ · sent
    Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
  13. 1 Samuel 4:4וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  14. 1 Samuel 5:8וַיִּשְׁלְח֡וּ
    So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
  15. 1 Samuel 5:10וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֛וּ · So they sent
    So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
  16. 1 Samuel 5:11וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ; שַׁלְּח֞וּ · Send away
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  17. 1 Samuel 6:2נְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ · to send it back
    …the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
  18. 1 Samuel 6:3מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים · you return; תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ · send it away
    They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
  19. 1 Samuel 6:6וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּם · send the people out
    Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
  20. 1 Samuel 6:8וְשִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם · Then send
    Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
  21. 1 Samuel 6:21וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ · So they sent
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  22. 1 Samuel 9:16אֶשְׁלַח֩ · I will send
    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
  23. 1 Samuel 9:19וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣יךָ · And when I send you off
    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
  24. 1 Samuel 9:26וַאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ · and I will send you on your way
    They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.
  25. 1 Samuel 10:25וַיְשַׁלַּ֧ח · away
    Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
  26. 1 Samuel 11:3וְנִשְׁלְחָה֙ · and let us send
    “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
  27. 1 Samuel 11:7וַיְשַׁלַּ֞ח · and sent [them]
    He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
  28. 1 Samuel 12:8וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent them
    When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
  29. 1 Samuel 12:11וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.
  30. 1 Samuel 13:2שִׁלַּ֖ח · he sent away
    He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
  31. 1 Samuel 14:27וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח · So he reached out
    Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
  32. 1 Samuel 15:1שָׁלַ֤ח · sent
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
  33. 1 Samuel 15:18וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥ · and sent
    …and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
  34. 1 Samuel 15:20שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · gave me
    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
  35. 1 Samuel 16:1אֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֙ · I am sending
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  36. 1 Samuel 16:11שִׁלְחָ֣ה · Send for
    And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
  37. 1 Samuel 16:12וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · So Jesse sent for [his youngest son]
    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
  38. 1 Samuel 16:19וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · sent; שִׁלְחָ֥ה · Send
    So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
  39. 1 Samuel 16:20וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח · and sent them
    And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.
  40. 1 Samuel 16:22וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent
    Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
  41. 1 Samuel 17:49וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · reached
    Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
  42. 1 Samuel 18:5יִשְׁלָחֶ֤נּוּ · sent him to do
    So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
  43. 1 Samuel 19:11וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · sent
    Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
  44. 1 Samuel 19:14וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · sent
    When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
  45. 1 Samuel 19:15וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
  46. 1 Samuel 19:17וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֥י · away; שַׁלְּחִ֖נִי · Help me get away
    And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”