שָׁלַח

Strong’s Definition

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[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).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to send, send away, let go, stretch out
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be sent
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
• 6.(hiphil) to send

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâlach; Pronunciation: shaw-lakh'