שָׁלַח
shâlach · shaw-lakh'
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
847 occurrences · 847 OT · 0 NT · 460 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sent166 · 40%
- go31 · 7%
- and sent29 · 7%
- hath sent25 · 6%
- send23 · 6%
- he sent22 · 5%
- and he sent16 · 4%
- had sent10 · 2%
- put forth10 · 2%
- behold, i will send8 · 2%
- and i will send8 · 2%
- and sending7 · 2%
- but i will send7 · 2%
- and send6 · 1%
- i will send6 · 1%
- away5 · 1%
- hath not sent5 · 1%
- shall send5 · 1%
- and i sent5 · 1%
- to lay4 · 1%
- that sent4 · 1%
- and sent them away4 · 1%
- and they sent3 · 1%
- and she sent3 · 1%
- send me away3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.