What does שָׁלַח · עַם mean in the Bible?
שָׁלַח · עַם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "send away my people, release my people".
Hebrew · H7971, H5971
שַׁלַּח עַמִּי
To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) · a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock
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שָׁלַח H7971 to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Pronunciation shālaḥ
Conveys deliberate release of agency—from sending messengers to dismissing servants to divorcing wives—across volitional contexts.
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עַם H5971 a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants ; figuratively, a flock
Pronunciation am
Collective body unified by kinship or covenant; Israel's foundational term for God's chosen people as organic whole.
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What does שַׁלַּח עַמִּי (šallaḥ ʿammî) mean in the Bible?
שָׁלַח · עַם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "send away my people, release my people".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7971, H5971?
H7971, H5971 is connected to 2,717 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. send away my people, release my people
Source Gloss
send away my people, release my people
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 298
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 190×
Perfect 1Chr 13:10 · 1Chr 19:3 · 1Kgs 13:4 · 1Kgs 18:10 · 1Kgs 20:7 · 1Sam 15:1 · 1Sam 25:14 · 1Sam 26:9 · 2Chr 17:7 · 2Chr 25:18 · 2Chr 28:16 · 2Chr 32:9 · 2Chr 34:8 · 2Chr 34:23 · 2Chr 36:10 · 2Kgs 1:6 99×
Imperfect 2Sam 22:17 · Gen 3:22 · Gen 24:7 · Gen 24:40 · Job 30:24 · Ps 18:17 · Ps 20:3 · Ps 57:4 · Ps 107:20 · Ps 110:2 · Ps 147:18 · 1Kgs 20:6 · 1Sam 9:16 · 1Sam 20:12 · 1Sam 20:21 · 1Sam 24:11 32×
Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 18:19 · 1Sam 20:31 · 2Chr 2:6 · 2Sam 11:6 · Exod 4:4 · Exod 4:13 · Exod 9:19 · Jer 29:31 · Job 1:11 · Job 2:5 · Num 13:2 · Ps 43:3 · Ps 144:6 · Ps 144:7 · 2Kgs 2:17 · 2Sam 13:17 22×
Participle active 2Kgs 1:6 · 2Kgs 5:7 · Exod 9:14 · Exod 23:20 · Ezek 2:3 · Ezek 2:4 · Ezek 8:17 · Jer 16:16 · Jer 25:9 · Jer 25:15 · Jer 25:16 · Jer 25:27 · Jer 26:5 · Jer 42:6 · Jer 43:10 · Joel 2:19 19×
Participle passive 1Kgs 14:6 · Ezek 2:9 · Ezek 3:5 · Ezek 23:40 · Gen 32:19 · Gen 49:21 · Jer 49:14 7×
Jussive Gen 22:12 · Job 1:12 · 2Chr 2:14 · Gen 37:22 · Obad 1:13 5×
Infinitive construct Isa 58:9 · Josh 14:11 · Num 22:15 3×
Cohortative 1Chr 13:2 · Deut 1:22 2×
Infinitive absolute Num 22:37 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 97×
Perfect 1Kgs 8:66 · 1Sam 13:2 · 2Chr 7:10 · Exod 8:28 · Exod 9:7 · Exod 9:35 · Exod 10:20 · Exod 11:10 · Job 39:5 · Judg 7:8 · Judg 12:9 · 2Chr 24:23 · Jer 34:11 · Job 30:11 · Job 30:12 · Judg 1:8 35×
Imperfect Deut 7:20 · Deut 28:20 · Exod 3:20 · Exod 4:21 · Exod 11:1 · Isa 10:16 · Isa 45:13 · Jer 3:1 · Jer 17:8 · Job 20:23 · Prov 6:14 · Prov 16:28 · Ps 78:45 · Ps 78:49 · 1Kgs 9:7 · 2Chr 7:13 34×
Sequential imperfect Eccl 11:1 · Exod 4:23 · Exod 5:1 · Exod 7:16 · Exod 7:26 · Exod 8:16 · Exod 9:1 · Exod 9:13 · Exod 10:3 · Exod 10:7 · Jer 15:1 · 1Sam 5:11 12×
Participle active 1Sam 6:3 · Exod 8:17 · Gen 43:4 · Gen 43:5 · Isa 32:20 · Jer 8:17 · Jer 29:17 · Lev 18:24 · Lev 20:23 9×
Infinitive construct Exod 8:25 · Gen 8:10 · Jer 40:1 · Mal 2:16 4×
Infinitive absolute 1Kgs 11:22 · Deut 22:7 2×
Jussive 1Sam 6:3 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 10×
Perfect Job 18:8 · Judg 5:15 · Obad 1:1 · Dan 10:11 · Gen 44:3 · Isa 50:1 6×
Participle passive Isa 16:2 · Isa 27:10 · Prov 29:15 3×
Imperfect Prov 17:11 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Participle active Exod 8:17 1×
Word Origins
שַׁלַּח עַמִּי is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain