H7974 שֶׁלַח (Shelach) sheh'-lakh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Shelah

Biblical Persons & Places

Shelah Man living at the time of the Patriarchs

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.24; referred to as Shelah (שֶׁ֫לַח), or Shelah (KJV= Sala) (Σαλά); a son of Cainan; father of Eber.

Strong's Definition

Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch

Derivation: the same as H7973 (שֶׁלַח);

KJV Usage: Salah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Salah or Shelah = "sprout"

1) son of Arphaxad and father of Eber

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4527

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֶׁ֫לַח (she.lach) — Shelah. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.24; son of: Cainan (G2536); father of: Eber (H5677) Also named: Sala (Σαλά "Shelah" G4527H) § Salah or Shelah = "sprout" son of Arphaxad and father of Eber

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֶׁלַח (H7973 · H7974) — שְׁלָחִים

noun m · שׁלח

Weapons

weapon = tool designed to inflict bodily harm, used in armed conflicts

JOL 2:8 · NEH 4:11 · NEH 4:17 · 2CH 23:10 · 2CH 32:5

noun m

People

shoots > body (and its pleasures) meaning unsure; possibly: = branch of a tree, here extended to denote the body of a young woman and all it offers in lovemaking

SNG 4:13

noun m

Waterbodies

water-conduit = channel leading water from one location to another

NEH 3:15

noun m

Waterbodies | ≈ שַׁחַת

channel, river meaning unsure; possibly: = river that forms the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead

JOB 33:18 · JOB 36:12

name

Names of People

Shelah = man; ◄ son of Arpachshad; descendant of Shem; ► father of Eber

GEN 10:24 · GEN 10:24 · GEN 11:12 · GEN 11:13 · GEN 11:14 · GEN 11:15 · 1CH 1:18 · 1CH 1:18 · 1CH 1:24

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֶׁ֫לַח n.pr.m. son of Arphachshad base

Bible Occurrences (7)

10:24 11:12 11:13 11:14 11:15

1:18 1:24

Genesis 10:24

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

Genesis 11:12

When Arphaxad was 35... years old, he became the father of Shelah.

Genesis 11:13

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403...... years... and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

Genesis 11:15

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403......... years and had other sons and daughters.

1 Chronicles 1:18

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

1 Chronicles 1:24

[So from] Shem [came] Arphaxad, Shelah,