STRONGS H7971:
Abbreviations
I. שָׁלַח 844 verb send (Late Hebrew
id.; Ecclus 48:18 +; Aramaic
שְׁלַךְ,
OFlw, So
Buhl Ba
Es 41 compare Arabic
سَرَحَ (
r = l),
send forth, drive cattle to pasture,
send messenger, etc., but then different √ for I.
שֶׁלַךְ, Arabic
سِلاَحً,
سِلَعً weapon; Assyrian probably
šalû (
send, hurl?), whence
tešlitu, command); —
Qal 562 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 42:4 2nd person masculine singular suffix
שְׁלַחְתָּ֑נִי Exodus 5:22, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁלַח Genesis 3:22 +,
2nd person feminine plural תִּשְׁלַ֫חְנָה Ezekiel 23:40 (
Judges 5:26 read
תִּשְׁלָחֶנָּה ? Ges
§ 47 k);
Imperative masculine singular שְׁלַךְ 1 Samuel 20:31 +,
masculine plural שְׁלָ֑חוּ 2 Kings 2:17;
Infinitive absolute שָׁל(וֺ)ךְַ Numbers 22:37 +; construct
שְׁלֹתַ Numbers 22:15 +,
שְׁלַךְ Isaiah 58:9, suffix
שָׁלְחֶ֑ךָ Genesis 38:17 etc.;
Participle act.
שֹׁלֵךְַ Exodus 9:14 +, etc.;
שָׁלוּחַ 1 Kings 14:6 +, etc., —
1. send: human subject, especially
a. accusative of person Genesis 42:4; Genesis 43:8 (both J; with אֵת with, person) Numbers 22:15 (E) + often, with ל of thing for which Jeremiah 14:3; followed by אֶל person Genesis 37:13(J), 2 Samuel 11:6; Nehemiah 6:5 +; rarely with ל person Genesis 32:19 (J; pass.), אֶל, of location 2 Chronicles 16:4, ב of location 1 Samuel 11:3, ל of location 1 Kings 5:28, accusative of location 2 Kings 22:3, ה- locative + מֵעַל person 2 Samuel 13:17, מִן local Genesis 37:14 (J), Numbers 13:3 (P), etc.; followed by infinitive purpose 1 Samuel 25:14)+ מִן local), 2 Kings 1:16; Jeremiah 40:14 +, אֶל person with infinitive purpose 2 Samuel 10:3; Jeremiah 42:9 +, with ו subordinate 2 Kings 5:6, with finite verb actionis Exodus 2:5 (E), sent her maid and took, +, etc. (many combinations); accusative of person alone Exodus 24:5 (E), Joshua 7:22(E), 2 Samuel 10:7 —
b. less often accusative of thing (sometimes with בְּיַד of agent), with אֶל person 1 Samuel 16:20; 2 Kings 5:5; 2 Kings 20:12 +, 1 Kings 5:23 [1 Kings 5:9] (= designate by sending unto), ל person Judges 3:15; 1 Kings 5:22 [1 Kings 5:8] +, אֶל location Esther 1:22, שָׁ֫מָּה 2 Kings 6:14; + infinitive purpose 1 Chronicles 19:4; Esther 4:4; + finite verb action. Psalm 105:28; accusative of kid, alone, Genesis 38:23 also (accusative omitted) Genesis 38:17, etc.
c. very often without object: + finite verb action, send and do so and so, Genesis 27:45(E), 2 Kings 11:14; Job 1:5 +; with אֶל person Hosea 5:13; 2 Samuel 11:6 +, especially + לֵאמֹר Genesis 38:25(J), 1 Kings 20:5 (often in Samuel Kings), Jeremiah 29:28 +; with infinitive purpose Genesis 32:6 (J), Numbers 21:32 (J), 1 Samuel 22:11 +, etc. (and so 1 Samuel 31:9 reading וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ, for Pi., Th We Dr Now, not HPS Bu); absolute 2 Kings 2:16, 17; 2 Samuel 14:29; = send to inquire 1 Kings 20:17, etc.
2. send: subject י׳ (God),
a. accusative of person Genesis 45:5; (E; לִפְנֵי person), 1 Samuel 15:18 (בְּדָ֑רֶךְ), + אֶל person 2 Samuel 12:1; accusative of angel, לִפְנֵי person Genesis 24:7; Exodus 33:2 (both J), אֵת with Genesis 24:40(J), etc.; with accusative of person = commission Exodus 3:12 (E), Judges 6:14; Isaiah 6:8; Jeremiah 14:14, 15 — Jeremiah; Zechariah 2:13 +; also (with אֶל person) Exodus 3:13 (E), Jeremiah 25:4; Ezekiel 3:6 +, etc.; especially of sending prophet, (שָׁלַךְ), הַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֺחַ Jeremiah 7:25 + (see [שָׁרַם]); accusative of person + infinitive purpose 1 Samuel 15:1; Jeremiah 19:14 +; + עַד location 2 Kings 2:2, accusative of location 2 Kings 2:4, ָ ה locative 2 Kings 2:6, etc.
b. with accusative of thing, plagues Exodus 9:14 (with אֶל־לֵב, ב person), figurative arrows 2 Samuel 22:15 = Psalm 18:15)+ verb finite action.), Psalm 144:6, compare Jeremiah 25:16 and elsewhere; his word Isaiah 9:7 (ב of a people), Isaiah 55:11 (אשׁר to which), Zechariah 7:12 (ב agent.), Psalm 107:20 (+ finite verb action.), Psalm 147:15 (+ accusative אֶרֶץ); accusative help Psalm 20:3 (מִן local), light and truth Psalm 43:3 (+ finite verb action.), compare Psalm 57:4
3. stretch out, especially accusative hand:
a. human subject, with ב person against, Genesis 37:22(E), 1 Samuel 24:11; Esther 2:21+; with ב of thing (property of others) Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:10 (E), Esther 9:10 +, בַּחַלָּמִישׁ Job 28:9; with אֶל person against Genesis 22:12 (E), 2 Samuel 18:12, עַל person 1 Kings 13:4, etc.; אֶל of thing (for good) 2 Samuel 6:6 (יָד omitted); from outside; inward, Songs 5:4 (מִן local); absolute Job 30:24 (read טֹבֵעַ for בְּעִי Di Bi Bu). + infinitive purpose 1 Samuel 22:17, 17; 2 Samuel 1:14; 1 Chronicles 13:9; + verb finite active Genesis 3:22 (J) Deuteronomy 25:11; Judges 15:15; +; אֶצְבַּע שׁ׳ Isaiah 58:9, in token of scorn; with accusative of rod 1 Samuel 14:27; שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל Joel 4:13 stretch out (the) sickle.
b. י׳ subject, accusative hand, + אֶל person against Exodus 24: (E), compare (עַל) Psalm 138:7; + finite verb active Exodus 3:20 (JE), Exodus 9:15(J), Job 1:11; Job 2:5; in favour, Jeremiah 1:9, absolute Psalm 144:7 (מִן local), also (passive) Ezekiel 2:9 and accusative תַּבְנִית יָד), Ezekiel 8:3.
† c. accusative hand, subject angel, + accusative of location, infinitive purpose 2 Samuel 24:16, cherub, אֶל of thing, מִן local Ezekiel 10:7; adversary, אֶל person Job 1:12; subject angel, accusative rod Judges 6:21.
d. stretched out, slender, of tree Genesis 49:21 (poem in J), see I. אֵלָה above.
e. perhaps extend, direct, accusative of thing Ezekiel 8:17 (see זְמוֺרָה above, also conjectures in Toy Krae).
4. rarely send away (see Pi.): human subject, accusative of person Judges 11:38)+ accusative temporal), Genesis 28:5 (P).
5. let loose (see Pi.), perhaps only Psalm 50:19 (figurative) thy mouth hast thou let loose in evil.
†
Niph. Infinitive absolute.
וְנִשְׁלוֺחַ סְפָרִים =
letters were sent (Ges
§ 113 z gg)
Esther 3:13)+
אֶל person,
בְּיַד agent., infinitive purpose).
Pi. 266 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁלַּח Exodus 8:28 +, suffix
שִׁלַּחֲךָ 1 Samuel 20:22, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁלַּח Jeremiah 3:1 +,
יְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ Isaiah 45:13;
Proverbs 6:14;
1st person singular suffix
אֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ Genesis 32:27,
אֲשַׁלְּחֶךָּ 2 Samuel 11:12;
1 Kings 20:34, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
שַׁלַּךְ Exodus 4:23, +, etc.;
Infinitive absolute Deuteronomy 22:7;
1 Kings 11:22; construct
שַׁלַּךְ Genesis 8:10 +,
שַׁלֵּ֑ךְַ Exodus 7:27; +, etc.;
Participle מְשַׁלֵחַ Genesis 43:4 +, etc.; —
1. send off, away, human subject:
a. accusative of person + ל location Joshua 24:28 (E), Judges 7:8; 1 Samuel 10:23 +; + ל person Jeremiah 48:12; + הּ — Judges 12:9 and (with infinitive purpose) Genesis 28:6 (P); accusative of goat, לַעֲזָאזֵל Leviticus 16:10 (ה - locative), Leviticus 16:26; send out, different ways, accusative of person, ב location Judges 19:29; Judges 20:6; send into exile, י׳ subject, with מִן local Jeremiah 24:5, ה — Jeremiah 29:20.
b. send away, dismiss, accusative of person Genesis 21:14 (E), Genesis 25:6 (J; מֵעַל person), 2 Samuel 13:16 +; specifically, with accusative of wife (= divorce), Deuteronomy 22:19, 29; Deuteronomy 24:1, 3; Jeremiah 3:1 +, absolute Malachi 2:16.
c. send away empty (-handed) רֵיקָם, + accusative of person Genesis 31:42 (E), Deuteronomy 15:13; Job 22:9.
d. send off, give a 'send-off' (sometimes escort part way), accusative of person, Genesis 18:16; Genesis 24:59; Genesis 31:27 (all J), 1 Samuel 9:26; 2 Kings 5:24; 2 Kings 6:23.
e. accusative of thing 1 Samuel 6:8; Nehemiah 8:12 +, with accusative of location 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 6:3, אֶל person Jeremiah 27:3, etc.
2.
a. send away, subject י׳, accusative of person Genesis 19:29 (J; מִתּוֺךְ), 1 Kings 9:7 (פְּנֵי מֵעַל).
b. give over, accusative of person Psalm 81:13 (ב of evil).
c. cast out, accusative of person Jeremiah 28:16 (מֵעַל־פְּנֵי), Leviticus 18:24; Leviticus 20:23 (both מִפְּנֵי מִמְּנֵי).
d. send out, forth, send on a mission, especially of י׳, with accusative of hornet Deuteronomy 7:20, compare Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 32:24 (all ב person), serpents Numbers 21:6 (E; ב person), lions 2 Kings 17:25, 26 (both id.), foes 2 Kings 24:2 (twice in verse) (+ infinitive purpose); pestilence Amos 4:10; Ezekiel 28:23 (ב person), etc.; also springs into (ב) channel Psalm 104:10.
3. let go, set free (sometimes with חָפְשִׁי) Exodus 4:23; Exodus 5:2 (twice in verse) (all J E), 2 Samuel 3:21, 23, 24 +; = cease to abuse Judges 19:25; + infinitive purpose Genesis 24:56 (J), Exodus 5:1 (E; + 10 times Exodus), 1 Samuel 5:11; with accusative of bird Genesis 8:7, 8 (+ מֵאִתּוֺ) +; + הַשָּׂדֶה על־פְּנֵי Leviticus 14:7, compare Leviticus 14:53 (both P); = let loose, accusative of beast, Exodus 22:4 (E), Leviticus 16:22 (ב location); accusative of bridle Job 30:11 (figurative); metaphor of strife Proverbs 6:14, 19; Proverbs 16:28; let loose waters, subject י׳, Job 12:15.
4. shoot forth branches, Jeremiah 17:8; Psalm 80:12; Ezekiel 31:5 (but see I. שֶׁלַךְ 2); compare of locks (פֶּרַע) Ezekiel 44:20 = let grow long.
5. let down, accusative of person Jeremiah 38:6 (ב instrumental), accusative of thing Jeremiah 38:11 (id. + אֶל person and location).
6. shoot (accusative of arrow omitted), לִי לְשַׁ׳ לְמַטָּרָה 1 Samuel 20:20.
7. phrases: שִׁלַּח (אֶת־)הָעִיר בָאֵשׁ † Judges 1:8; Judges 20:48, compare 2 Kings 8:12; Psalm 74:7; but also אֵשׁ בְּ שׁ׳ † Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12; Amos 2:2, 5; Hosea 8:14; Ezekiel 39:6; rare expressions are: בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָם וַיְשַׁלְּחֵם Job 8:4 (God subject); stretch out hand, ב of thing (for use) Proverbs 31:19, ל person (charity) Proverbs 31:20; חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה Job 39:3 (of hinds, bearing); הַמָּ֑יִם עַל־פְּנֵי לַחְמְךָ שַׁלַּח Ecclesiastes 11:1. — רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ Job 30:12 is corrupt; Theod Ew Di רַגְלָם שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ; Me Bu Be and others dittograph from Job 30:11b.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֻׁלַּךְ Judges 5:15;
Job 18:8, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשֻׁלַּח Proverbs 17:11;
Participle מְשֻׁלָח Isaiah 16:2 +; —
be sent off (started on journey)
Genesis 44:3 (J); with commission,
ב person
Obadiah;
Proverbs 17:11,
אֶל person
Daniel 10:11;
be put away, divorced, of wife
Isaiah 50:1 (figurative);
be impelled (?),
בְּרַגְלָיו (=
at his heels ?), with
ב location
Judges 5:15 (verb dubious), compare
שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו Job 18:8 he is hurried into the net with his feet (?
Du
שֻׁלְּחָה רַגְלוֺ);
קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח Isaiah 16:2 a driven (scattered)
nest (||
עוֺף נוֺדֵד), compare
וְנֶעֱזָב כַּמִּדְבָּר נָוֶה מְשׁ׳ Isaiah 27:10;
נַעַר מְשׁ׳ Proverbs 29:15 a boy let loose (unrestrained).
†
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֫י and I (
י׳)
will send famine,
בָּאָרֶץ Amos 8:11, compare
Ezekiel 14:13, wild beasts;
ב person
Leviticus 26:22 (H);
Participle מַשְׁלִיחַ, accusative of flies,
ב person
Exodus 8:17 (J);
Infinitive construct לְהַשְׁלִיחַ accusative of foe,
ב of a people
2 Kings 15:37.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H7972.
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Genesis
3:22; 3:22; 8:7; 8:8; 8:10; 18:16; 19:29; 21:14; 22:12; 24:7; 24:40; 24:56; 24:59; 25:6; 27:45; 28:5; 28:6; 31:27; 31:42; 32:6; 32:19; 32:27; 37:13; 37:14; 37:22; 38:17; 38:17; 38:23; 38:25; 42:4; 42:4; 43:4; 43:8; 44:3; 45:5; 49:21
Exodus
2:5; 3:12; 3:13; 3:20; 4:23; 4:23; 5:1; 5:2; 5:22; 8:17; 8:28; 9:14; 9:14; 9:15; 22:4; 22:7; 22:10; 24; 24:5; 33:2
Leviticus
14:7; 14:53; 16:10; 16:22; 16:26; 18:24; 20:23; 26:22
Numbers
13:3; 21:6; 21:32; 22:15; 22:15; 22:37
Deuteronomy
7:20; 15:13; 22:7; 22:19; 22:29; 24:1; 24:3; 25:11; 28:20; 32:24
Joshua
7:22; 24:28
Judges
1:8; 3:15; 5:15; 5:15; 5:26; 6:14; 6:21; 7:8; 11:38; 12:9; 15:15; 19:25; 19:29; 20:6; 20:48
1 Samuel
5:10; 5:11; 6:3; 6:8; 9:26; 10:23; 11:3; 14:27; 15:1; 15:18; 16:20; 20:20; 20:22; 20:31; 22:11; 22:17; 22:17; 24:11; 25:14; 31:9
2 Samuel
1:14; 3:21; 3:23; 3:24; 6:6; 10:3; 10:7; 11:6; 11:6; 11:12; 12:1; 13:16; 13:17; 14:29; 18:12; 22:15; 24:16
1 Kings
5:8; 5:9; 9:7; 11:22; 13:4; 14:6; 20:5; 20:17; 20:34
2 Kings
1:16; 2:2; 2:4; 2:6; 2:16; 2:17; 2:17; 5:5; 5:6; 5:24; 6:14; 6:23; 8:12; 11:14; 15:37; 17:25; 17:26; 20:12; 22:3; 24:2
1 Chronicles
13:9; 19:4
2 Chronicles
16:4
Nehemiah
6:5; 8:12
Esther
1:22; 2:21; 3:13; 4:4; 9:10
Job
1:5; 1:11; 1:12; 2:5; 8:4; 12:15; 18:8; 18:8; 22:9; 28:9; 30:11; 30:11; 30:12; 30:24; 39:3
Psalms
18:15; 20:3; 43:3; 50:19; 57:4; 74:7; 80:12; 81:13; 104:10; 105:28; 107:20; 138:7; 144:6; 144:7; 147:15
Proverbs
6:14; 6:14; 6:19; 16:28; 17:11; 17:11; 29:15; 31:19; 31:20
Ecclesiastes
11:1
Song of Songs
5:4
Isaiah
6:8; 9:7; 16:2; 16:2; 27:10; 45:13; 50:1; 55:11; 58:9; 58:9
Jeremiah
1:9; 3:1; 3:1; 7:25; 14:3; 14:14; 14:15; 17:8; 19:14; 24:5; 25:4; 25:16; 27:3; 28:16; 29:20; 29:28; 38:6; 38:11; 40:14; 42:9; 48:12
Ezekiel
2:9; 3:6; 8:3; 8:17; 10:7; 14:13; 23:40; 28:23; 31:5; 39:6; 44:20
Daniel
10:11
Hosea
5:13; 8:14
Amos
1:4; 1:7; 1:10; 1:12; 2:2; 2:5; 4:10; 8:11
Zechariah
2:13; 7:12
Malachi
2:16