Hebrew · Strong's H7971 · Verb

שָׁלַח

sha·lach

to send: depart

669times used

630verses

33books

How it's translated

and he sent156
he sent39
and they sent25
he has sent me19
and i will send17
send16
am about to send12
and i sent11

Definition

: depart/send

1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to send

1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct

1a3) to send away

1a4) to let loose

1b) (Niphal) to be sent

The forms it takes

Stem

Qal 66% simple action
Piel 32% intensive, or bringing about a state
Pual 1% passive of Piel
Hiphil 1% causing someone to do it
Niphal <1% passive or reflexive

Form

Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 36% and then …: the storyteller’s past
Perfect (qatal) 24% a complete action, usually past
Imperfect (yiqtol) 12% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
Infinitive 8% “to …”, or for emphasis
Participle 7% one who is doing
Weqatal (“and he will”) 6% and then …: future or instructions

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

Jeremiah68
2 Kings64
Genesis54
1 Samuel49
2 Samuel49
1 Kings39
2 Chronicles34
Isaiah26
Exodus25
Numbers25

…and 23 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.