*šlḥ-: 'to send, dispatch, stretch out'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*šlḥ-
Meaning'to send, dispatch, stretch out'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianšalāḫu 1 (CAD Š/1 193; AHw 1142)CAD Š/1 193; AHw 1142gloss withheld
Ugariticšlḥ (DULAT 805); yšlḥ (KTU 2.10:11)DULAT 805; KTU 2.10:11gloss withheld
Phoenicianšlḥ (T 317); šlḥ (Krahmalkov 461–462)T 317; Krahmalkov 461–462gloss withheld
Amoriteślḥ: jaślaḥ, śaliḥum, śaliḥa, śulāḥ(ān)um (Gelb AS 21, 32); S-l-ḥ: ia-áš-la-aḫ-ᵈIM; Sāliḥ: sa-li-ḫu(-um), sa-li-ḫa (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 246)Gelb AS 21 32; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 246gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicšlaḥ 'send; strip off, put off' (Payne Smith 578)Payne Smith 578
Epigraphic South ArabianHdr s1lḥ (Pirenne 1990:107 apud SEDonline 1426; Sabaweb lemma 7796)Pirenne 1990 107; SEDonline 1426; Sabaweb lemma 7796gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicšᵉlaḥ, šᵉlîḥā (HALOT 1512)HALOT 1512
Aramaicšlḥ (T 317)T 317gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic slḥ (Al-Jallad 2026, 132)Al-Jallad 2026 132gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicšlḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. שׁלח)HALOT BArm. s.v. שׁלחgloss withheld

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Notes

Arabic sāraḥa 'to dispatch' shows l/r interchange with Heb/Aram šlḥ (Lipiński OLA80 §17.5). Heb šallāḥīnī lāmā ʾāmitēk 'send me away before I kill you' — lāmā as preventive conjunction (§58.3).

Updated 22 October 2026

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