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Genesis 8:7
“And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.” (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
- יְשַׁלַּ֖ח — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 847 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:22Genesis 3:23Genesis 8:8Genesis 8:9Genesis 8:10
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.