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Word Study · Strong's H7971 · Hebrew

שָׁלַח

shalach

shaw-lakh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

Rendered in the KJV as

[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] 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).

  • 845
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 292
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 292

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח29
  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח20
  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח18
  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח16
  • שָׁלַ֥ח10
  • וַיִּשְׁלַח֙9
  • וַיִּשְׁלַח֩8
  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח7
  • שְׁלָחַ֣נִי7
  • שַׁלַּ֥ח6
  • שָׁלַ֣ח6
  • וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח5

and 280 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 198

  • and he sent105
  • he sent25
  • and they sent17
  • and he stretched out13
  • he has sent me10
  • send10
  • let go9
  • and he sent away7
  • and she sent7
  • and he sent out6
  • and he will let go6
  • he will send6

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 134

  • Hc/Vqw3ms124
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular36
  • Hc/Vpw3ms19
  • Hc/Vqw3mp17
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular12
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular11
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular10
  • verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular9
  • verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular9
  • Hc/Vpq3ms8
  • preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)8
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 124
  • HVqp3ms · 36
  • Hc/Vpw3ms · 19
  • Hc/Vqw3mp · 17
  • HVqp3ms/Sp1bs · 12
  • HVqi3ms · 11
  • HVqv2ms · 10
  • HVpp3ms · 9
  • HVpv2ms · 9
  • Hc/Vpq3ms · 8
  • HR/Vpcc · 8
  • HR/Vqcc · 8

The first 500 of 845, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis66 occurrences
Exodus74 occurrences
Leviticus10 occurrences
Numbers29 occurrences
Deuteronomy22 occurrences
Joshua23 occurrences
Judges38 occurrences
1 Samuel67 occurrences
2 Samuel62 occurrences
1 Kings47 occurrences
2 Kings30 occurrences
Psalms32 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).