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2 Samuel 11:4

“And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.” (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
  • יִּשְׁלַח֩ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 847 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22Genesis 3:23Genesis 8:7Genesis 8:8Genesis 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.

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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.