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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #7974 - שֶׁלַח
Transliteration
Shelach
Phonetics
sheh'-lakh
Origin
the same as (H7973)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Salah or Shelah = “sprout”
1) son of Arphaxad and father of Eber
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results

KJV (7)
Genesis
5
1 Chronicles
2
NAS (9)
Genesis
6
1 Chronicles
3
HCS (9)
Genesis
6
1 Chronicles
3
BSB (15)
Genesis
12
1 Chronicles
3
ESV (9)
Genesis
6
1 Chronicles
3
WEB (9)
Genesis
6
1 Chronicles
3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. שֶׁ֫לַח proper name, masculine son of Arphachshad, Σαλα: ׳שׁ Genesis 10:24; b Genesis 11:13,14,15; 1 Chronicles 1:18 b; שָׁ֑לַח Genesis 10:24; a Genesis 11:12; 1 Chronicles 1:18a 1 Chronicles 1:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
שֶׁלַח m. with suff. שִׁלְחוֹ
(1) a weapon, missile, as sent against an enemy; Arab. سِلَحُ and سِلاَحُ coll. arms; specially a sword; سَالِحُ armed; سَلَحَ Conj. V., to arm oneself, 2 Chronicles 32:5, 23:10 Joel 2:8. עָבַר בַּשֶּׁלַח to perish by the weapon (of death), Job 33:18, 36:12.
(2) a shoot, a sprout, Song of Solomon 4:13 compare the root Piel No. 4.
(3) [Selah, Shelah], pr. name
(a) of a son of Arphaxad, Genesis 10:24, 11:12.
(b) of an aqueduct and pool near Jerusalem, which appears to be the same as שִׁלֹחַ (which see) Nehemiah 3:15. Vulg. Siloe.
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List of Word Forms
וְשֶׁ֖לַח וְשֶׁ֥לַח ושלח שֶׁ֔לַח שֶׁ֗לַח שָֽׁלַח׃ שָׁ֑לַח שלח שלח׃ šā·laḥ šālaḥ še·laḥ šelaḥ Shalach Shelach veShelach wə·še·laḥ wəšelaḥ