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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

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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 31:27

    Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

    וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛ (אֲשַׁלֵּחֲ) 'a.sha.le.cha. “I sent away”

  2. Genesis 31:42

    If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

    שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑נִי (שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑) shi.lach.Ta. “you sent away”

  3. Genesis 32:3

    Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;

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

  4. Genesis 32:5

    And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

    וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙ (אֶשְׁלְחָ) 'esh.le.Cha “I have sent”

  5. Genesis 32:18

    Then say to him, These are your servant Jacob's; they are an offering for my lord, for Esau; and he himself is coming after us.

    שְׁלוּחָ֔ה she.lu.Chah “[which has] been sent”

  6. Genesis 37:13

    And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

    וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ֣ (אֶשְׁלָחֲ) 'esh.la.cha. “I will send”

  7. Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

    וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֙הוּ֙ (יִּשְׁלָחֵ֙) i.yish.la.Che. “he sent”

  8. Genesis 37:32

    And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

    וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ (יְשַׁלְּח֞וּ) y.sha.le.Chu “they sent”

  9. Genesis 38:17

    And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

    אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח 'a.sha.Lach “I will send”שָׁלְחֶֽךָ׃ (שָׁלְחֶֽ) shal.Che. “sending [it]”

  10. Genesis 38:20

    Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

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

  11. Genesis 38:23

    And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

    שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙ sha.Lach.ti “I sent”

  12. Genesis 38:25

    And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

    שָׁלְחָ֤ה shal.Chah “she sent”

  13. Genesis 41:8

    And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

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

  14. Genesis 41:14

    Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

    וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (יִּשְׁלַ֤ח) i.yish.Lach “he sent”

  15. Genesis 42:4

    But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

    שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach “he sent”

  16. Genesis 42:16

    Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

    שִׁלְח֨וּ shil.Chu “send”

  17. Genesis 43:4

    But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.

    מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ me.sha.Le.ach “[are] sending”

  18. Genesis 43:5

    And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?

    מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ me.sha.Le.ach “[are] sending [him]”

  19. Genesis 43:8

    Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    שִׁלְחָ֥ה (שִׁלְחָ֥) shil.Cha “send”

  20. Genesis 43:14

    So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

    וְשִׁלַּ֥ח (שִׁלַּ֥ח) shi.Lach “he will let go”

  21. Genesis 44:3

    And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.

    שֻׁלְּח֔וּ shu.le.Chu “they were sent off”

  22. Genesis 45:5

    Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

    שְׁלָחַ֥נִי (שְׁלָחַ֥) she.la.Cha. “he sent”

  23. Genesis 45:7

    God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

    וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִי (יִּשְׁלָחֵ֤) i.yish.la.Che. “he sent”

  24. Genesis 45:8

    So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

    שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם she.lach.Tem “you sent”

  25. Genesis 45:23

    And to his father he sent ten asses with good things from Egypt on their backs, and ten she-asses with grain and bread and food for his father on the journey.

    שָׁלַ֤ח sha.Lach “he sent”