Word Study · Strong's H7958 · Hebrew
שְׂלָו
selav
sel-awv'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sᵉlâv
“the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
Rendered in the KJV as
quails.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַשְּׂלָ֔ו2
- שְׂלָ֑ו1
- שַׂלְוִים֮1
How it is rendered · 3
- the quail2
- quail1
- quails1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 11:31שַׂלְוִים֮salvimnoun · masculine pluralNow 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.here: quails
- Numbers 11:32הַשְּׂלָ֔וhaselavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAll 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.here: the quail