שלח

שלח • (transliteration needed)

1. to send
2. to strip, to take off clothing

שָׁלַח • (shalách) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִשְׁלַח‎)

1. (transitive) to send (someone or something): cause to go.
   • Genesis 45:23, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וּלְאָבִיו שָׁלַח כְּזֹאת עֲשָׂרָה חֲמֹרִים נֹשְׂאִים מִטּוּב מִצְרָיִם […] ‏‎‎

     ul'avív shalách k'zót asará chamorím nos'ím mitúv mitsráyim […]

     And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, […]

   • Numbers 13:2, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏שְׁלַח לְךָ אֲנָשִׁים וְיָתֻרוּ אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן‎

     sh'lách l'chá anashím v'yatúru ét érets k'náan

     Send for thee men, and they spy the land of Canaan

   • Jeremiah 29:1, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏הַסֵּפֶר אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יִרְמְיָה הַנָּבִיא מִירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם אֶל יֶתֶר זִקְנֵי הַגּוֹלָה‎

     haséfer ashér shalách yirmiyá hanaví mirushaláyim él yéteer zikné hagolá

     the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles

   • Psalms 105:28, with translation of the Darby Bible:

     ‏שָׁלַח חֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּחְשִׁךְ‎

     shálach chóshech vayachshích

     He sent darkness, and made it dark

2. (transitive) to move (something) physically away from his body.
   • Genesis 8:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וְלֹא מָצְאָה הַיּוֹנָה מָנוֹחַ לְכַף רַגְלָהּ וַתָּשָׁב אֵלָיו […] וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיִּקָּחֶהָ וַיָּבֵא אֹתָהּ אֵלָיו‎

     v'ló matz'á hayoná manóach l'cháf ragláh vatáshov eláv […] vayishlách yadó vayikachéha vayavé otáh eláv

     But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him […] ; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him

3. (intransitive) to send messengers or letters.
   • Genesis 41:8, with translation of the American Standard Version:

     ‏וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיִּקְרָא אֶת כָּל חַרְטֻמֵּי מִצְרַיִם‎

     vayishlách vayikrá ét kól chartumé mitsráyim

     and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt

   • 1 Kings 18:10, with Young's Literal Translation:

     ‏גּוֹי וּמַמְלָכָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁלַח אֲדֹנִי שָׁם לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ‎

     góy umamlachá ashér ló shalách adoní shám l'vakeshchá

     a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee

   • 2 Kings 1:6, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏אַתָּה שֹׁלֵחַ לִדְרֹשׁ בְּבַעַל זְבוּב‎

     at'a sholéach lidrósh b'váal zvúv

     that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub

• שלח יד‎

שִׁלֵּחַ • (shiléach) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of שִׁלֵּחַ‎ (shiléach)

שֶׁלַח • (shélach) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form שָׁלַח) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A male given name
   • Genesis 11:12–14, with translation of the King James Version:

     ‏וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת שָׁלַח […] וְשֶׁלַח חַי שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת עֵבֶר‎

     v'arpachshád cháy sh'loshím shaná vayóled ét shálach […] v'shélach cháy shloshím shaná vayóled ét éver

     And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah […] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber

שֶׁלַח • (transliteration needed) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. run (the depth of a stair from its edge to the bottom of the stair above)
   • a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Middot 2:3:

     ‏רוֹם הַמַּעֲלָה חֲצִי אַמָּה וְשִׁלְחָהּ חֲצִי אַמָּה‎

     The rise of a step was half a cubit, and its run was half a cubit.

שֶׁלַח • (shélach) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A dagger, a short sword.
   • 2 Chronicles 32:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיַּעַשׂ שֶׁלַח לָרֹב וּמָגִנִּים‎

     vayáas shélach laróv umaginím

     and made weapons and shields in abundance

• ש־ לח‎

• H7971 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

• חלש‎,‎ לחש‎,‎ שחל‎