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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 Kings 5:8שָׁלַ֖חְתָּ
    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.
  2. 1 Kings 5:9תִּשְׁלַ֥ח · you specify
    My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
  3. 1 Kings 5:14וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם · He sent them
    He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
  4. 1 Kings 7:13וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.
  5. 1 Kings 8:44תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם · You send them
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  6. 1 Kings 8:66שִׁלַּ֣ח · away
    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  7. 1 Kings 9:7אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח · and I will banish
    …then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
  8. 1 Kings 9:14וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · had sent
    And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.
  9. 1 Kings 9:27וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent
    And Hiram sent his servants, sailors who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.
  10. 1 Kings 11:21שַׁלְּחֵ֖נִי · Let me go
    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
  11. 1 Kings 11:22שַׁלֵּ֖חַ · please let me go; תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי׃
    But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
  12. 1 Kings 12:3וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ · So they sent for
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
  13. 1 Kings 12:18וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח · sent out
    Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.
  14. 1 Kings 12:20וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֗וּ · they summoned
    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
  15. 1 Kings 13:4וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · he stretched out; שָׁלַ֣ח · he stretched out
    Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
  16. 1 Kings 14:6שָׁל֥וּחַ · [have been] sent
    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
  17. 1 Kings 15:18וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֞ם · and sent them
    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
  18. 1 Kings 15:19שָׁלַ֨חְתִּֽי · 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 a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
  19. 1 Kings 15:20וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח · 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-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
  20. 1 Kings 18:10שָׁלַ֨ח · sent
    As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
  21. 1 Kings 18:19שְׁלַ֨ח · summon
    Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
  22. 1 Kings 18:20וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · summoned
    So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
  23. 1 Kings 19:2וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
  24. 1 Kings 20:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח · Then he sent
    Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel,
  25. 1 Kings 20:5שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי · I have sent
    The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
  26. 1 Kings 20:6אֶשְׁלַ֤ח · I will send
    But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
  27. 1 Kings 20:7שָׁלַ֨ח · when he demanded
    Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”
  28. 1 Kings 20:9שָׁלַ֨חְתָּ · you demanded
    So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
  29. 1 Kings 20:10וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
  30. 1 Kings 20:17וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · had sent out scouts
    And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
  31. 1 Kings 20:34אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ · release you ,” [Ahab replied]; וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ס · and sent him away
    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
  32. 1 Kings 20:42שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ · you have let slip
    And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
  33. 1 Kings 21:8וַתִּשְׁלַ֣ח · and sent
    Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
  34. 1 Kings 21:11שָׁלְחָ֥ה · had instructed; שָׁלְחָ֖ה · she had written
    So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
  35. 1 Kings 21:14וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ · Then they sent
    Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
  36. 2 Kings 1:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · So he sent
    Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
  37. 2 Kings 1:6שָׁלַ֣ח · sent; שֹׁלֵ֔חַ · sending
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  38. 2 Kings 1:9וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · Then King Ahaziah sent
    Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
  39. 2 Kings 1:11וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · So the king sent
    So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”
  40. 2 Kings 1:13וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח · the king sent
    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
  41. 2 Kings 1:16שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ · you have sent
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  42. 2 Kings 2:2שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · has sent me
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  43. 2 Kings 2:4שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · has sent me
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
  44. 2 Kings 2:6שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · has sent me
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
  45. 2 Kings 2:16תִשְׁלָֽחוּ׃ · send them
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.