שֵׁלָה
she.lah
“Shelah”
Definition
Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
the same as H7596 (שְׁאֵלָה) (shortened); request;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֵׁלָה appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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, who put him to death.
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,
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
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.
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.
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