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title: שִׁלְחִי — Shilhi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁלְחִי (7977), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shilhi. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁלְחִי

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«שִׁלְחִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shilhi** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7977 · **BDB:** שִׁלְחִי

### Glosses

of.Shilhi (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shilhi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7977/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7977/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Jehoshaphat’s mothers;—1 K 22:42 = 2 Ch 20:31; Σεμεει, Σαλαλα, Σαλει, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁלְחִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7977/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 22:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.42/)

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יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲזוּבָ֖ה בַּת־שִׁלְחִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Jehoshaphat \[was\].a.son of.thirty and five year\[s\] when he became.king and twenty and five year\[s\] he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Azubah the.daughter of.Shilhi

*JPS 1917:* Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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[2 Chronicles 20:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.31/)

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וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט עַל־יְהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁים֩ וְחָמֵ֨שׁ שָׁנָ֜ה בְּמָלְכ֗וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְחָמֵ֤שׁ שָׁנָה֙ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲזוּבָ֖ה בַּת־שִׁלְחִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.reigned Jehoshaphat over Judah a.son of.thirty and five year\[s\] when he became.king and twenty and five year\[s\] he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Azubah the.daughter of.Shilhi

*JPS 1917:* And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah; he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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