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1 Kings 2:36

“And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁלַחshâlach · shaw-lakh'
H7971 · Hebrew

Definition: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Derivation: a primitive root;
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).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּשְׁלַ֤ח — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 847 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 8:7 Genesis 8:8 Genesis 8:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁלַח here.

Verse 35 Verse 37

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.