Midvash

שָׁלַחshâlach

שָׁלַח: send

Pronunciation: shaw-lakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7971

Meanings

Qal: active (Genesis 42:4; Exodus 5:22; Genesis 3:22)

1. send, human subject

a. with, sent her maid and took (Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:8; Numbers 22:15)

c. send and do, send to inquire (Genesis 27:45; 2 Kings 11:14; Job 1:5)

2. send, subject ׳ י (God)

a. with, commission (Genesis 45:5; 1 Samuel 15:18; 2 Samuel 12:1)

b. to which (Exodus 9:14; 2 Samuel 22:15; Psalms 18:15)

3. stretch out

a. against (Genesis 37:22; 1 Samuel 24:11; Esther 2:21)

b. against (Exodus 24:1; Psalms 138:7; Exodus 3:20)

d. stretched out, slender (Genesis 49:21)

e. perhaps extend, direct (Ezekiel 8:17)

4. rarely send away (see Pi`el) (Judges 11:38; Genesis 28:5)

5. let loose, (see Pi`el) (Psalms 50:19)

Niph`al: were sent (Esther 3:13)

Pi`el

1. send off, away, human subject

a. send out (Joshua 24:28; Judges 7:8; 1 Samuel 10:23)

b. send away, dismiss (Genesis 21:14; Genesis 25:6; 2 Samuel 13:16)

c. send away, empty (-handed) (Genesis 31:42; Deuteronomy 15:13; Job 22:9)

d. send off, give a 'send-off' (sometimes escort part way) (Genesis 18:16; Genesis 24:59; Genesis 31:27)

2.

a. send away (Genesis 19:29; 1 Kings 9:7)

b. give over (Psalms 81:13)

c. cast out (Jeremiah 28:16; Leviticus 18:24; Leviticus 20:23)

d. send out, forth (Deuteronomy 7:20; Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 32:24)

3. let go, set free (Exodus 4:23; Exodus 5:2; 2 Samuel 3:21)

4. compare of locks, shoot forth (Jeremiah 17:8; Psalms 80:12; Ezekiel 31:5)

5. let down (Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:11)

6 shoot (1 Samuel 20:20)

7. phrases (Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48; 2 Kings 8:12)

Pu`al: be sent off (Judges 5:15; Job 18:8; Proverbs 17:11)

Hiph`il: and I, will send (Amos 8:11; Ezekiel 14:13; Leviticus 26:22)

שָׁלַח: send

Pe`al: send out, be sent (Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 4:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 847 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
  • Genesis 3:23 So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
  • Genesis 8:7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
  • Genesis 8:8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground.
  • Genesis 8:9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.
  • Genesis 8:10 After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.
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