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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. Joshua 7:2

    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spoke unto them, saying: 'Go up and spy out the land.' And the men went up and spied out Ai.

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

  2. Joshua 7:22

    So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

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

  3. Joshua 8:3

    So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night.

    וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֖ם (יִּשְׁלָחֵ֖) i.yish.la.Che “he sent out”

  4. Joshua 8:9

    And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

    וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם (יִּשְׁלָחֵ֣) i.yish.la.Che “he sent out”

  5. Joshua 10:3

    Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying:

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

  6. Joshua 10:6

    And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying: 'Slack not thy hands from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against

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

  7. Joshua 11:1

    And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

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

  8. Joshua 14:7

    Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him back word as it was in my heart.

    בִּ֠שְׁלֹחַ (שְׁלֹחַ) sh.lo.ach “sent”

  9. Joshua 14:11

    As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me; as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.

    שְׁלֹ֤חַ she.Lo.ach “sent”

  10. Joshua 18:4

    Appoint for you three men for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

    וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם (אֶשְׁלָחֵ֗) 'esh.la.Che “I may send”

  11. Joshua 22:6

    So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.

    וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם (יְשַׁלְּחֵ֔) y.sha.le.Che “he sent away”

  12. Joshua 22:7

    Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,

    שִׁלְּחָ֧ם (שִׁלְּחָ֧) shi.le.Cha “he sent away”

  13. Joshua 22:13

    And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest;

    וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ (יִּשְׁלְח֨וּ) i.yish.le.Chu “they sent”

  14. Joshua 24:5

    And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof; and afterward I brought you out.

    וָאֶשְׁלַ֞ח (אֶשְׁלַ֞ח) 'esh.Lach “I sent”

  15. Joshua 24:9

    Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel; and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you.

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

  16. Joshua 24:12

    And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

    וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח (אֶשְׁלַ֤ח) 'esh.Lach “I sent”

  17. Joshua 24:28

    So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.

    וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח (יְשַׁלַּ֤ח) y.sha.Lach “he sent away”

  18. Judges 2:6

    Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

    וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח (יְשַׁלַּ֥ח) y.sha.Lach “he sent away”

  19. Judges 3:15

    But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed; and the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of Moab.

    וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ (יִּשְׁלְח֨וּ) i.yish.le.Chu “they sent”

  20. Judges 3:18

    And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people that bore the present.

    וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ (יְשַׁלַּח֙) y.sha.Lach “he sent away”

  21. Judges 4:6

    And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: 'Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying: Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of t

    וַתִּשְׁלַ֗ח (תִּשְׁלַ֗ח) tish.Lach “she sent”

  22. Judges 5:15

    And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.

    שֻׁלַּ֣ח shu.Lach “he was sent”

  23. Judges 6:8

    that the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel; and he said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

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

  24. Judges 6:14

    And the LORD turned towards him, and said: 'Go in this thy might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian; have not I sent thee?'

    שְׁלַחְתִּֽיךָ׃ (שְׁלַחְתִּֽי) she.lach.Ti. “have I sent”

  25. Judges 6:35

    And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; and they also were gathered together after him; and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

    שָׁלַ֣ח sha.Lach “he sent”שָׁלַ֗ח sha.Lach “he sent”