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title: שְׂלָו — quail · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂלָו (7958), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: quail. BDB 1906: n.f. quail. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂלָו

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«שְׂלָו» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quail** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7958 · **BDB:** שְׂלָו

### Glosses

quail (3); quails (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7958/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. quail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7958/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ex 16:13 quail (prob. foreign word; Arabic سَلْوَى, Syriac ܣܰܠܘܰܝ, Sam. ࠔࠋࠅࠉ );—quail, coturnix communis vel vulgaris (TristrNHB 229 ff. FFP 124 PostHast.DB. quail, Di Ex 16:13):—abs. coll. Nu 11:32 (J); Ex 16:13 (P), ψ 105:40 (in all Qr שְׂלָיו); pl. שַׂלְוִים Nu 11:31 (J; as if from sg. שַׂלְוֶה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂלָו» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7958/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.40/)

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שָׁאַ֣ל וַיָּבֵ֣א שְׂלָ֑ו וְלֶ֥חֶם שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.asked and he.brought quail and bread of.heavens he satisfied.them

*JPS 1917:* They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.

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[Exodus 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.13/)

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וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַתַּ֣עַל הַשְּׂלָ֔ו וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָֽיְתָה֙ שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטַּ֔ל סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in the evening and it.came.up the quail and it.covered (et) the camp and in the morning it.was the.layer of the.dew around (to) the camp

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.

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