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

> Proto-Semitic *šlḥ-, 'to send, dispatch, stretch out': reflexes in 10 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šlḥ- |
| Meaning | 'to send, dispatch, stretch out' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | šalāḫu 1 (CAD Š/1 193; AHw 1142) | CAD Š/1 193; AHw 1142 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | šlḥ (DULAT 805); yšlḥ (KTU 2.10:11) | DULAT 805; KTU 2.10:11 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | šlḥ (T 317); šlḥ (Krahmalkov 461–462) | T 317; Krahmalkov 461–462 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ślḥ: 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, 246 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | šlaḥ 'send; strip off, put off' (Payne Smith 578) | Payne Smith 578 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Hdr s1lḥ (Pirenne 1990:107 apud SEDonline 1426; Sabaweb lemma 7796) | Pirenne 1990 107; SEDonline 1426; Sabaweb lemma 7796 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | šᵉlaḥ, šᵉlîḥā (HALOT 1512) | HALOT 1512 |  |
| Aramaic | šlḥ (T 317) | T 317 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic slḥ (Al-Jallad 2026, 132) | Al-Jallad 2026 132 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | šlḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. שׁלח) | HALOT BArm. s.v. שׁלח | gloss 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).

## Linked from

- [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>)

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