HebrewH7956Proper Noun (Masculine)

שֵׁלָה

she.lah

8Occurrences
H7956Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; 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 ; Also named: she.la.ni (*שֵׁלָנִי *"Shelanite" H8024) § Shelah = "a petition" the youngest son of Judah

Go beyond grammar.

See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.

Context-aware insightsOriginal language depthFast, practical workflow

Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שֵׁלָה appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
5
1 Chronicles
2
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:3BSB

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.

1 Chronicles 4:21BSB

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,

Genesis 38:5BSB

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

Genesis 38:11BSB

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 38:14BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.