שְׂלָו
se.lav
“quail”
Definition
the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
or שְׂלָיו; by orthographical variation from H7951 (שָׁלָה) through the idea of sluggishness;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
שְׂלָו appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
They asked, and He brought quailand satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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