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H7971Hשָׁלַחsha.lach

to send: let goPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. 40
  3. 4
  4. 1
  5. 7
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 4
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 6
  10. 3
  11. 5
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. 4
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 10
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H7971

  • H7971Gשָׁלַחsha.lachto send: departH:VOccurrences: 669
  • 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

97 occurrences in 86 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Jeremiah 34:9

    that every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, even of a Jew his brother;

    לְ֠שַׁלַּח (שַׁלַּח) sha.lach “let go”

  2. Jeremiah 34:10

    and all the princes and all the people hearkened, that had entered into the covenant to let every one his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, and not to make bondmen of them any more; they hearkened, and let them go;

    לְ֠שַׁלַּח (שַׁלַּח) sha.lach “let go”וַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ (יְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ) y.sha.Le.chu “they let [them] go”

  3. Jeremiah 34:11

    but afterwards they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids;

    שִׁלְּח֖וּ shi.le.Chu “they had let go”

  4. Jeremiah 34:14

    'At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee'; but your fathers hearkened not unto Me, neither inclined their ear.

    תְּֽשַׁלְּח֡וּ te.sha.le.Chu “you will let go”וְשִׁלַּחְתּ֥וֹ (שִׁלַּחְתּ֥) shi.lach.T “you will let go”

  5. Jeremiah 34:16

    but ye turned and profaned My name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

    שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם shi.lach.Tem “you had let go”

  6. Jeremiah 40:1

    The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive unto Babyl

    שַׁלַּ֣ח sha.Lach “set free”

  7. Jeremiah 40:5

    Yet he would not go back. --Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go.' So

    וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ) y.sha.le.Che. “he let go”

  8. Jeremiah 50:33

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captives hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

    שַׁלְּחָֽם׃ (שַׁלְּחָֽ) sha.le.Cha “to let go”

  9. Ezekiel 8:3

    And the form of a hand was put forth, and I was taken by a lock of my head; and a spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looketh toward the

    וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (יִּשְׁלַח֙) i.yish.Lach “he stretched out”

  10. Ezekiel 13:20

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against your cushions, wherewith ye hunt the souls as birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt as birds.

    וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ (שִׁלַּחְתִּי֙) shi.lach.Ti “I will set free”

  11. Zechariah 9:11

    As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

    שִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי shi.Lach.ti “I will set free”