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H7971Gשָׁלַחsha.lach

to send: departPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 55
  2. 26
  3. 6
  4. 28
  5. 9
  6. 23
  7. 27
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 53
  10. 55
  11. 41
  12. 69
  13. 15
  14. 37
  15. 1
  16. 12
  17. 7
  18. 12
  19. 24
  20. 9
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 27
  24. 76
  25. 1
  26. 23
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. 9
  31. 3
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 9
  39. 4

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

Other meanings of H7971

  • H7971Hשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: let goH:VOccurrences: 97
  • H7971Iשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: divorceH:VOccurrences: 11
  • H7971Jשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: marriageH:VOccurrences: 1
  • H7971Kשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: reachH:VOccurrences: 64
  • H7971Lשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: burnH:VOccurrences: 4
  • H7971Mשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: exileH:VOccurrences: 1

669 occurrences in 630 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Samuel 6:6

    And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (יִּשְׁלַ֨ח) i.yish.Lach “he stretched out”

  2. 2 Samuel 8:10

    then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him--because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi--and he brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (יִּשְׁלַ֣ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  3. 2 Samuel 9:5

    Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (יִּשְׁלַ֖ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  4. 2 Samuel 10:2

    And David said: 'I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me.' So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (יִּשְׁלַ֨ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  5. 2 Samuel 10:3

    But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overth

    שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach “he has sent”שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach “has he sent”

  6. 2 Samuel 10:4

    So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

    וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ (יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ) y.sha.le.Che “he sent away”

  7. 2 Samuel 10:5

    When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said: 'Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.'

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (יִּשְׁלַ֣ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  8. 2 Samuel 10:6

    And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob, and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob

    וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ (יִּשְׁלְח֣וּ) i.yish.le.Chu “they sent”

  9. 2 Samuel 10:7

    And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

    וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (יִּשְׁלַח֙) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  10. 2 Samuel 10:16

    And Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Arameans that were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer at their head.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (יִּשְׁלַ֣ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  11. 2 Samuel 11:1

    And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (יִּשְׁלַ֣ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  12. 2 Samuel 11:3

    And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (יִּשְׁלַ֣ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  13. 2 Samuel 11:4

    And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.

    וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (יִּשְׁלַח֩) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  14. 2 Samuel 11:5

    And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said: 'I am with child.'

    וַתִּשְׁלַח֙ (תִּשְׁלַח֙) tish.Lach “she sent”

  15. 2 Samuel 11:6

    And David sent to Joab ,saying: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (יִּשְׁלַ֤ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”שְׁלַ֣ח she.Lach “send”וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (יִּשְׁלַ֥ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  16. 2 Samuel 11:12

    And David said to Uriah: 'Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart.' So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

    אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ (אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑) 'a.sha.le.Che. “I will let go”

  17. 2 Samuel 11:14

    And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (יִּשְׁלַ֖ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent [it]”

  18. 2 Samuel 11:18

    Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח (יִּשְׁלַ֖ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  19. 2 Samuel 11:22

    So the messenger went, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.

    שְׁלָח֖וֹ (שְׁלָח֖) she.la.Ch “he had sent”

  20. 2 Samuel 11:27

    And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (יִּשְׁלַ֨ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  21. 2 Samuel 12:1

    And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him: 'There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח (יִּשְׁלַ֧ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  22. 2 Samuel 12:25

    and He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, for the LORD'S sake.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (יִּשְׁלַ֗ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  23. 2 Samuel 12:27

    And Joab sent messengers to David, and said: 'I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (יִּשְׁלַ֥ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  24. 2 Samuel 13:7

    Then David sent home to Tamar, saying: 'Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.'

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (יִּשְׁלַ֥ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  25. 2 Samuel 13:16

    And she said unto him: 'Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that thou didst unto me.' But he would not hearken unto her.

    לְשַׁלְּחֵ֑נִי (שַׁלְּחֵ֑) sha.le.Che. “send away”