HebrewH7988Noun (Feminine)
שִׁלְיָה
shil.yah
“afterbirth”
1Occurrences
H7988Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a fetus or babe (as extruded in birth)
feminine from H7953 (שָׁלָה);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
afterbirth
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
H:N-F
Full Description
H:N-F
Occurrences
שִׁלְיָה appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Deuteronomy
1
Key Passages
Deuteronomy 28:57BSB
the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
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