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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. 1 Samuel 19:20וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent
    …he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
  2. 1 Samuel 19:21וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · he sent; וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · and sent
    When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.
  3. 1 Samuel 20:5וְשִׁלַּחְתַּ֙נִי֙ · Instead, let me go
    So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
  4. 1 Samuel 20:12אֶשְׁלַ֣ח · send
    …and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
  5. 1 Samuel 20:13וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֖יךָ · and send you on your way
    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
  6. 1 Samuel 20:20לְשַֽׁלַּֽח־ · as if I were aiming
    I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
  7. 1 Samuel 20:21אֶשְׁלַ֣ח · I will send
    Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
  8. 1 Samuel 20:22שִֽׁלַּחֲךָ֖ · has sent you away
    But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
  9. 1 Samuel 20:29שַׁלְּחֵ֣נִי · let me go
    …saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
  10. 1 Samuel 20:31שְׁלַ֨ח · send for him
    For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
  11. 1 Samuel 21:2שֹׁלֵֽחֲךָ֖ · am sending you
    “The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission on which I am sending you. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
  12. 1 Samuel 22:11וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent
    Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.
  13. 1 Samuel 22:17לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ · lift
    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  14. 1 Samuel 24:6לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ · May I never lift
    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
  15. 1 Samuel 24:10אֶשְׁלַ֤ח · lift
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  16. 1 Samuel 24:19וְשִׁלְּח֖וֹ · does he let him go
    When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
  17. 1 Samuel 25:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · sent
    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
  18. 1 Samuel 25:14שָׁלַח֩ · sent
    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
  19. 1 Samuel 25:25שָׁלָֽחְתָּ׃ · you sent
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
  20. 1 Samuel 25:32שְׁלָחֵ֛ךְ · sent you
    Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
  21. 1 Samuel 25:39וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  22. 1 Samuel 25:40שְׁלָחָ֣נוּ · has sent us
    When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
  23. 1 Samuel 26:4וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · sent out
    David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
  24. 1 Samuel 26:9שָׁלַ֥ח · can extend
    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  25. 1 Samuel 26:11מִשְּׁלֹ֥חַ · should extend
    But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
  26. 1 Samuel 26:23לִשְׁלֹ֥חַ · extend
    May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
  27. 1 Samuel 30:26וַיְשַׁלַּ֧ח · he sent
    When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
  28. 1 Samuel 31:9וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ · and sent
    They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
  29. 2 Samuel 1:14לִשְׁלֹ֙חַ֙ · to lift
    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
  30. 2 Samuel 2:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
  31. 2 Samuel 3:12וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · sent
    Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
  32. 2 Samuel 3:14וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
  33. 2 Samuel 3:15וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.
  34. 2 Samuel 3:21וַיְּשַׁלַּ֥ח · dismissed
    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
  35. 2 Samuel 3:22שִׁלְּח֖וֹ · David had sent him
    Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, because David had sent him on his way in peace.
  36. 2 Samuel 3:23וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֖הוּ · who sent him
    When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
  37. 2 Samuel 3:24שִׁלַּחְתּ֖וֹ · did you dismiss him
    So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
  38. 2 Samuel 3:26וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · he sent
    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
  39. 2 Samuel 5:11וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח · sent
    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
  40. 2 Samuel 6:6וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · reached out
    When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
  41. 2 Samuel 8:10וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent
    …he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
  42. 2 Samuel 9:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח
    So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
  43. 2 Samuel 10:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
  44. 2 Samuel 10:3שָׁלַ֥ח · David has sent; שָׁלַ֥ח · [instead] sent
    …the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
  45. 2 Samuel 10:4וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ · and sent them away
    So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
  46. 2 Samuel 10:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · he sent messengers
    When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  47. 2 Samuel 10:6וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ
    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
  48. 2 Samuel 10:7וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.