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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 Kings 17:13

    yet the LORD forewarned Israel, and Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer, saying: 'Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you b

    שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי sha.Lach.ti “I sent”

  2. 2 Kings 17:25

    And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

    וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (יְשַׁלַּ֨ח) y.sha.Lach “he sent”

  3. 2 Kings 17:26

    Wherefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying: 'The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land; therefore He hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because

    וַיְשַׁלַּח־ (יְשַׁלַּח) y.sha.lach- “he has sent”

  4. 2 Kings 18:14

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thi

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

  5. 2 Kings 18:17

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, whi

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

  6. 2 Kings 18:27

    But Rab-shakeh said unto them: 'Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?'

    שְׁלָחַ֣נִי (שְׁלָחַ֣) she.la.Cha. “has he sent”

  7. 2 Kings 19:2

    And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

    וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (יִּשְׁלַח) i.yish.lach “he sent”

  8. 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'

    שְׁלָח֨וֹ (שְׁלָח֨) she.la.Ch “he sent”

  9. 2 Kings 19:9

    And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'Behold, he is come out to fight against thee'; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying:

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

  10. 2 Kings 19:16

    Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God.

    שְׁלָח֔וֹ (שְׁלָח֔) she.la.Ch “he has sent”

  11. 2 Kings 19:20

    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Whereas thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee.

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

  12. 2 Kings 20:12

    At that time Berodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

    שָׁלַ֡ח sha.Lach “he sent”

  13. 2 Kings 22:3

    And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying.

    שָׁלַ֣ח sha.Lach “he sent”

  14. 2 Kings 22:15

    And she said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me:

    שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach “he sent”

  15. 2 Kings 22:18

    But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

    הַשֹּׁלֵ֤חַ (שֹּׁלֵ֤חַ) sho.Le.ach “sent”

  16. 2 Kings 23:1

    And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

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

  17. 2 Kings 23:16

    And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed,

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

  18. 2 Kings 24:2

    And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Arameans, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Hi

    וַיְשַׁלַּ֣ח (יְשַׁלַּ֣ח) y.sha.Lach “he sent”וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥ם (יְשַׁלְּחֵ֥) y.sha.le.Che “he sent”

  19. 1 Chronicles 8:8

    And Shaharaim begot children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away, to wit, Hushim and Baara his wives;

    שִׁלְח֖וֹ (שִׁלְח֖) shil.Ch “sent away”

  20. 1 Chronicles 10:9

    And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

    וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ (יְשַׁלְּח֨וּ) y.sha.le.Chu “they sent”

  21. 1 Chronicles 12:20

    Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying: 'He will fall away to his master Saul to t

    שִׁלְּחֻ֜הוּ (שִׁלְּחֻ֜) shi.le.Chu. “they sent away”

  22. 1 Chronicles 13:2

    And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: 'If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites that are in the

    נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה nish.le.Chah “let us send”

  23. 1 Chronicles 14:1

    And Huram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.

    וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (יִּשְׁלַח) i.yish.lach “he sent”

  24. 1 Chronicles 18:10

    he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him--because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer had wars with Tou--and he had with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

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

  25. 1 Chronicles 19:2

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

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