Quick Definition
quail
Strong's Definition
the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
Derivation: or שְׂלָיו; by orthographical variation from H7951 (שָׁלָה) through the idea of sluggishness;
KJV Usage: quails.
TWOT Reference: 2265
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) quail
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׂלָו (se.lav) — quail. quail
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Birds
quail = small brown bird streaked with white, the smallest of the game birds; looks like a miniature partridge, with a small white patch beneath its beak, a white stripe above its eye, and another around its neck; the males have a black chest stripe above a chestnut-colored breast patch; ◄ Coturnix coturnix; ► clean animal and therefore fit for consumption
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׂלָו n.f. quail (prob. foreign word) base