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Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H7972

שְׁלַח

shelachshel-akh'

to send

14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shᵉlach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7972is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 11
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7972

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

The King James renders it: put, send.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shelach is rendered "to send". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:11(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
  • The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.

The first use

(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

Ezra 4:11שְׁלַ֣חוּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's fourteen uses are in Ezra.

The other 37 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • he sent4
  • they sent2
  • he had sent1
  • he has sent1
  • he will stretch out1
  • it was sent out1
  • let him send1
  • sent1
  • we have sent1
  • you sent1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שְׁלוֹשִׁיםsheloshimthirtyUses172
שְׁלִישִׁיshelishithirdUses107
שְׁלֵטsheletto ruleUses7
שְׁלָםshelampeaceUses4
שְׁלַםshelambe completeUses3
שְׁלָהshelahbe safeUses1
שְׁלִיsheliquietnessUses1
שְׁלֵוָהshelevaheaseUses1

All 14, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

11 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שְׁלַ֣ח2
  • שְׁלַ֞ח2
  • שְׁלַ֣חוּ2
  • יִשְׁלַ֥ח1
  • יִשְׁלַ֣ח1
  • שְׁלַ֡ח1
  • שְׁלַ֤ח1
  • שְׁלַ֖חְנָא1
  • שְׁלַחְתּ֖וּן1
  • שְׁלִ֔יחַ1
  • שְׁלִ֖יַחַ1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular8AVqp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2AVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2AVqp3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1AVqp1cp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1AVqp2mp

Ezra

ten uses
  • (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

    Ezra 4:11

    • שְׁלַ֣חוּshelachuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they sent
  • Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

    Ezra 4:14

    • שְׁלַ֖חְנָאshelachna'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sent
  • Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.

    Ezra 4:17

    • שְׁלַ֣חshelachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sent
  • The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.

    Ezra 4:18

    • שְׁלַחְתּ֖וּןshelachtunverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you sent
  • This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

    Ezra 5:6

    • שְׁלַ֞חshelachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sent
  • The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.

    Ezra 5:7

    • שְׁלַ֣חוּshelachuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they sent
  • Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

    Ezra 5:17

    • יִשְׁלַ֥חyishlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him send
  • May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

    Ezra 6:12

    • יִשְׁלַ֣חyishlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will stretch out
  • In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

    Ezra 6:13

    • שְׁלַ֞חshelachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sent
  • You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

    Ezra 7:14

    • שְׁלִ֔יחַsheliachverb · passive (qal passive), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sent

Daniel

four uses
  • Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.

    Daniel 3:2

    • שְׁלַ֡חshelachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sent
  • Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

    Daniel 3:28

    • שְׁלַ֤חshelachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sent
  • Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

    Daniel 5:24

    • שְׁלִ֖יַחַsheliyaachverb · passive (qal passive), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was sent out
  • My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”

    Daniel 6:22

    • שְׁלַ֣חshelachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sent

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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