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Esther 3:13

“And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.” (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: וְ — conjunction
נִשְׁל֨וֹחַ — verb Niphal, infinitive absolute
Code HC/VNa
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 12 Verse 14

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.