Original Language Studio
Genesis 32:4
“And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁלַחshâlach · shaw-lakh'
H7971 · Hebrew
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
- יִּשְׁלַ֨ח — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- 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.
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.