Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H7974
שֶׁלַח
Shelachsheh'-lakh
Shelah
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7974is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7974
Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch
The King James renders it: Salah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Shelach is rendered "Shelah". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Six of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
Genesis 10:24שָׁ֑לַח
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's nine uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Shelah6
- and Shelah3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שֶׁלֶם | shelem | peace offering | Uses87 |
| שֶׁלֶג | sheleg | snow | Uses20 |
| שֶׁלַח | shelach | missile | Uses8 |
| שֶׁלֶט | shelet | shield | Uses7 |
| שֶׁלֶו | shelev | prosperity | Uses1 |
| שֶׁל | shel | which | Usesnot recorded |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְשֶׁ֖לַח2
- שָׁ֑לַח2
- שָֽׁלַח׃2
- וְשֶׁ֥לַח1
- שֶׁ֔לַח1
- שֶׁ֗לַח1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)6HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3HC/Npm
Genesis
six uses
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- שָׁ֑לַחshalachproper noun (a name)tagged: Shelah
- וְשֶׁ֖לַחveshelachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shelah
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
- שָֽׁלַח׃shalachproper noun (a name)tagged: Shelah
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- שֶׁ֔לַחshelachproper noun (a name)tagged: Shelah
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
- וְשֶׁ֥לַחveshelachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shelah
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- שֶׁ֗לַחshelachproper noun (a name)tagged: Shelah
1 Chronicles
three uses
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
- שָׁ֑לַחshalachproper noun (a name)tagged: Shelah
- וְשֶׁ֖לַחveshelachconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shelah
So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
- שָֽׁלַח׃shalachproper noun (a name)tagged: Shelah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.