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title: שֵׁלָה — Shelah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁלָה (7956), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Shelah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁלָה

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«שֵׁלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shelah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 7956 · **BDB:** שֵׁלָה²

### Glosses

Shelah (7); of.Shelah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shelah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7956/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7956/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Judah, Σηλωμ\[ν\]: Gn 38:5, 11, 14, 26 (J), 46:12 (P); Nu 26:20 (P), 1 Ch 2:3; 4:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7956/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.21/)

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בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Shelah the.son of.Judah \[were\].Er the.father of.Lecah and Laadah the.father of.Mareshah and the.clans of.the.house of.the.work of.(the) fine.linen of the.house of.Ashbea

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

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[Genesis 38:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.5/)

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וַתֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה בִכְזִ֖יב בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and she.repeated again and she.bore a.son and she.called (et) name his Shelah and he.was in Kezib when bore she him

*JPS 1917:* And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

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