H7956 שֵׁלָה (Shêlâh) shay-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Shelah

Biblical Persons & Places

Shelah Man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

A man from the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.5; referred to as Shelah (שֵׁלָה), or Shelanite (שֵׁלָנִי); son of Judah and Bath-shua; a brother of Er and Onan; half-brother of: Perez and Zerah; father of Er, Laadah, Jokim, Joash and Saraph.

Strong's Definition

Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite

Derivation: the same as H7596 (שְׁאֵלָה) (shortened); request;

KJV Usage: Shelah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Shelah = "a petition"

1) the youngest son of Judah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁלָה (she.lah) — Shelah. A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.38.5; son of: Judah (H3063) and Bath-shua (H1323I); brother of: Er (H6147) and Onan (H0209); half-brother of: Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I); father of: Er (H6147H), Laadah (H3935), Jokim (H3137), Joash (H3101K) and Saraph (H8315); also called Shelanite at Num.26.20; Also named: she.la.ni (שֵׁלָנִי "Shelanite" H8024) § Shelah = "a petition" the youngest son of Judah

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שֵׁלָה (H7956)

name · שֵׁלָנִי · שִׁילֹנִי

Names of People | ≈ שִׁילֹה

Shelah = man, possibly to be identified with Shiloh; ◄ third son of Judah

GEN 38:5 · GEN 38:11 · GEN 38:14 · GEN 38:26 · GEN 46:12 · NUM 26:20 · 1CH 2:3 · 1CH 4:21

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁלָה n.pr.m. son of Judah base

Bible Occurrences (8)

38:5 38:11 38:14 38:26 46:12

26:20

2:3 4:21

Genesis 38:5

Then she gave birth to another... son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him -.

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up. For he thought, He may die too, like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:14

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

Genesis 38:26

Judah recognized [the items] and said, She is more righteous than I, since...... I did not give her to my son Shelah. And he did not have relations with her again....

Genesis 46:12

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons... of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 26:20

These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, [and] the Zerahite clan from Zerah.

1 Chronicles 2:3

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by... Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So [the LORD] put him to death.

1 Chronicles 4:21

The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen... workers at Beth-ashbea...,