שָׁלַ֣ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁלַ֣ח

   sha-LAKH

   he has laid
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אִם־לֹֽא שָׁלַ֣ח יָד֗וֹ

   im-LO sha-LAKH ya-DO

   if not he has laid his hand
3. clause🔊 שְׁבֻעַת יְהוָ֗ה תִּהְיֶה֙ בֵּ֣ין שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אִם־לֹֽא שָׁלַ֣ח יָד֗וֹ בִּמְלֶ֨אכֶת רֵעֵ֑הוּ

   she-vu-AT Ye-ho-VAH tih-YEH BEIN she-nei-HEM im-LO sha-LAKH ya-DO bim-le-KHET reh-EH-hoo

   oath of LORD shall be between both of them if not he has laid his hand on the property of his neighbor
4. sentence🔊 שְׁבֻעַת יְהוָ֗ה תִּהְיֶה֙ בֵּ֣ין שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אִם־לֹֽא שָׁלַ֣ח יָד֗וֹ בִּמְלֶ֨אכֶת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְלָקַ֥ח בְּעָלָ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

   she-vu-AT Ye-ho-VAH tih-YEH BEIN she-nei-HEM im-LO sha-LAKH ya-DO bim-le-KHET reh-EH-hoo ve-la-KAKH be-a-LAV ve-LO ye-sha-LEM

   oath of LORD shall be between both of them if not he has laid his hand on the property of his neighbor {And he} shall accept its owner and not he shall make restitution

Exegesis

The conditional im-lo {אִם־לֹא | ʼim-lō} with the perfect verb shalach {שָׁלַח | šālaḥ} and accusative yado {יָדוֹ | yādô} forms the protasis, “if he has not stretched out his hand.”

Root and etymology

shin-lamed-het🔊 שׁ–ל–חshin–lamed–het

“to send, stretch out”