Word Study · Strong's H7974 · Hebrew
שֶׁלַח
Shelach
sheh'-lakh
“Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch
Rendered in the KJV as
Salah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וְשֶׁ֖לַח2
- שָׁ֑לַח2
- שָֽׁלַח׃2
- וְשֶׁ֥לַח1
- שֶׁ֔לַח1
- שֶׁ֗לַח1
How it is rendered · 2
- Shelah6
- and Shelah3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 6
- HC/Npm · 3
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 10:24שָׁ֑לַחshalachproper noun (a name)Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.here: Shelah
- Genesis 10:24וְשֶׁ֖לַחveshelachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.here: and Shelah
- Genesis 11:12שָֽׁלַח׃shalachproper noun (a name)When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.here: Shelah
- Genesis 11:13שֶׁ֔לַחshelachproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Shelah
- Genesis 11:14וְשֶׁ֥לַחveshelachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.here: and Shelah
- Genesis 11:15שֶׁ֗לַחshelachproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Shelah
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:18שָׁ֑לַחshalachproper noun (a name)Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.here: Shelah
- 1 Chronicles 1:18וְשֶׁ֖לַחveshelachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.here: and Shelah
- 1 Chronicles 1:24שָֽׁלַח׃shalachproper noun (a name)So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,here: Shelah
Same headword in Strong's