Strong's Lexicon

H7956

H7956 — שֵׁלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewShelahnameOccurrences: 8TWOT: 3032

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7956
Word:	שֵׁלָה
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	the same as H7596 (shortened)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	Shelah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	shay-law'
Meaning:	1. request 2. Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
KJV Renderings:	Shelah.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8372

שְׁאֵלָה [I. שֵׁלָה] noun feminine request, thing asked for: — ׳ שְׁא Judg 8:24, +; suffix שְׁאֵלָתִּי 1Sam 1:27 +, שֶׁאֱלָתּי Job 6:8, שְׁאֵלָתֵךְ Esth 5:6 +, שֵׁלָתֵךְ 1Sam 1:17, שֶׁאֱלָתָם Ps 106:15 —

1. request, petition, Judg 8:24; 1Kgs 2:16; 1Kgs 2:20 (both accusative of cognate meaning with verb with שָׁאַל), Esth 5:6; Esth 5:7 (with נָתַן = grant), Esth 7:2; Esth 7:3; Esth 9:12. This passes easily into

2. thing asked for, 1Sam 2:20, with נָתַן Esth 5:8; Ps 106:15 ׳ תָּבוֺא שׁ Job 6:8. — II. שֵׁלָה see below אֶשָׁתָּאֹל proper name, masculine, see above.

BDB8700

II. שֵׁלָה proper name, masculine son of Judah, Σηλωμ[ν]: Gen 38:5; Gen 38:11; Gen 38:14; Gen 38:26 ( J ), Gen 46:12 ( P ); Num 26:20 ( P ), 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 4:21.

BDB8705

שִׁילֹנִי, שִׁילוֺנִי etc., adjective [of a people] of foregoing: הַשִׁילֹנִי of Ahijah 1Kgs 11:29; 1Kgs 15:29, הַשִּׁלֹנִי, 1Kgs 12:15 הַשִּׁילוֺנִי 2Chr 9:29 הַשִּׁלוֺנִי 2Chr 10:15 also הַשִּׁילוֺנִי (collective) 1Chr 9:5, in || Neh 11:5 הַשִּׁלֹנִי without proper name, masculine, but in both these read הַשֵּׁ(י)לָנִי Be Ke Ryle Gu^Hpt Siegf^Ne Buhl, etc.; see II. שֵׁלָה .

שַׁלְהֶ֫בֶת see above

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke