שְׁלַח
shᵉlach · shel-akh'
{to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7971 (שָׁלַח)
{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: put, send.
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 שְׁלַח 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sent3 · 21%
- they sent2 · 14%
- have we sent1 · 7%
- then sent1 · 7%
- which ye sent1 · 7%
- send1 · 7%
- that shall put1 · 7%
- had sent1 · 7%
- thou art sent1 · 7%
- who hath sent1 · 7%
- hath sent1 · 7%
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.