Word

שְׁלַח

shᵉlach · H7972 · Aramaic · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

Causative action by which humans or deities commission one or more agents to go to a certain individual or place in order to perform a certain task (to send (a messenger to someone))

Examples
Ezra 7:14 “Since you are sent on the part of the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand,
Daniel 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and rescued His servants who put their trust in Him, violating the king’s command, and surrendered their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
Daniel 5:24 “Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.
Causative action by which humans or deities commission people to travel through a certain area or among a certain nation in order to perform a certain task (to send (messengers through an area), to send (messengers among people))

Examples
Daniel 3:2 Nebuchadnezzar the king also sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the chief treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the administrators of the provinces to come to the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Causative action by which humans or deities send one or more people -- though the people sent are not mentioned explicitly -- to a certain individual or place in order to perform a certain task (to send word (to someone))

Examples
Ezra 4:14 “Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king,
Causative action by which humans or deities send an object to (other) humans, usually through the mediation of a messenger (to send (something to someone))

Examples
Ezra 4:11 this is a copy of the letter which they sent to him: “To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men of the region beyond the Euphrates River; and now
Ezra 4:17 Then the king sent a response to Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River: “Peace. And now,
Ezra 4:18 the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.
Action by which humans stretch out their hand, right hand, or finger in order to do point with it or to put it in position for another action (to stretch out (one's) hand, to stretch out (one's) right hand, to lay (one's) hand)

Examples
Ezra 6:12 “May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy that house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree; it is to be carried out with all diligence!”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

14 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 3
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 4 groups

מַלְאַךְangel 2
פִּתְגָּםanswer 2
יַדhand, power 1
רְעוּתpleasure 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 8 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against+ וֹhim 2
עַלon, upon, over, against+ נוּus 2
עַלon, upon, over, against+ דֵּןthis 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDarius 1
לto/for+ בְּקַרinquire 1
לto/for+ חֲבַלdestroy 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀποστέλλω apostéllō · G649 · to send, to send a message, to send word: Greek ἀποστέλλω emphasizes the commissioning/sending-out aspect with formal mission connotations (root of 'apostle'), while Hebrew שְׁלַח covers a broader semantic range including simple 'put' and general 'send' without necessarily implying formal commission.

Semantic domains 10 entries

Move002002001012: Ezra 5:6 recounts that “this is the copy of the letter that Tattenai... and Shethar-bozenai... sent to Darius the king.”
Birth002002002003: This Birth code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Burn002001001009: This Burn code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Non-Whole002003001021: This Non-Whole code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Free002003002012: This Free code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Speak002004001009008: This Speak code is inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) (the broader Hebrew verb for sending, casting out, and letting depart); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Happen002002003003: Daniel 6:22 recounts that “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me.”
Stage002001001060: This Stage code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Stance002001001061: This Stance code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.
Unwilling002001002031: This Unwilling code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) and does not independently apply to the sending a letter, messenger, or word sense.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁלַח shâlach · H7971 · to send (a messenger to someone), to send (messengers through an area), to send (messengers among people) · 847×שֻׁלְחָן shulchân · H7979 · table · 71×שְׁלַחshᵉlach · H7972מִשְׁלוֹחַ mishlôwach · H4916 · sending (of gifts), to take possession · 10×שֶׁלַח shelach · H7973 · weapon, shoots > body (and its pleasures) · 8×שִׁלּוּחַ shillûwach · H7964 · sending away, parting gift · 3×מִשְׁלַחַת mishlachath · H4917 · discharge, deputation, company · 2×שִׁלֻּחָה shilluchâh · H7976 · shoots · 1×

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0