7974. Shelach
Lexicon
Shelach: Weapon, missile, dart, spear

Original Word: שֶׁלַח
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Shelach
Pronunciation: sheh-lakh'
Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-lakh)
Definition: Weapon, missile, dart, spear
Meaning: Shelach

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Salah, Shelah

The same as shelach; Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch -- Salah, Shelah. Compare Shiloach.

see HEBREW shelach

see HEBREW Shiloach

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from shalach
Definition
a desc. of Shem
NASB Translation
Shelah (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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.

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root שָׁלַח (shalach), meaning "to send" or "to send forth."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • The corresponding Greek entry in the Strong's Concordance is G4527 (Σαλά, Sala), which is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shelach. This Greek form appears in the genealogical record of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 3:35), where it maintains the continuity of the biblical genealogical tradition from the Old Testament to the New Testament.

Usage: The name Shelach appears in genealogical contexts within the Hebrew Scriptures, specifically in the lineage of Shem, one of Noah's sons.

Context: • Shelach is mentioned in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles. He is identified as a descendant of Shem, the son of Noah, and is part of the ancestral line leading to Abraham. In Genesis 10:24 and 1 Chronicles 1:18, Shelach is listed as the son of Arphaxad and the father of Eber, making him an important figure in the genealogical record that traces the lineage of the Semitic peoples. The name Shelach is significant in the context of biblical history as it connects the post-flood generations to the patriarchs of Israel. The genealogies in which Shelach appears serve to establish the continuity of God's covenantal promises through specific family lines.

Forms and Transliterations
וְשֶׁ֖לַח וְשֶׁ֥לַח ושלח שֶׁ֔לַח שֶׁ֗לַח שָֽׁלַח׃ שָׁ֑לַח שלח שלח׃ šā·laḥ šālaḥ še·laḥ šelaḥ Shalach Shelach veShelach wə·še·laḥ wəšelaḥ
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 10:24
HEB: יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח יָלַ֥ד
NAS: the father of Shelah; and Shelah
KJV: begat Salah; and Salah
INT: Arpachshad became of Shelah and Shelah the father

Genesis 10:24
HEB: אֶת־ שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח יָלַ֥ד אֶת־
NAS: of Shelah; and Shelah became the father
KJV: begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
INT: became of Shelah and Shelah the father of Eber

Genesis 11:12
HEB: וַיּ֖וֹלֶד אֶת־ שָֽׁלַח׃
NAS: and became the father of Shelah;
KJV: years, and begat Salah:
INT: years and became of Shelah

Genesis 11:13
HEB: הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־ שֶׁ֔לַח שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים
NAS: the father of Shelah, and he had
KJV: after he begat Salah four hundred
INT: after became of Shelah and three years

Genesis 11:14
HEB: וְשֶׁ֥לַח חַ֖י שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
NAS: Shelah lived thirty
KJV: And Salah lived thirty
INT: Shelah lived thirty

Genesis 11:15
HEB: וַֽיְחִי־ שֶׁ֗לַח אַחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ
NAS: and Shelah lived four
KJV: And Salah lived after
INT: lived and Shelah after became

1 Chronicles 1:18
HEB: יָלַ֣ד אֶת־ שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח יָלַ֥ד
NAS: the father of Shelah and Shelah
KJV: begat Shelah, and Shelah
INT: Arpachshad became of Shelah and Shelah the father

1 Chronicles 1:18
HEB: אֶת־ שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח יָלַ֥ד אֶת־
NAS: of Shelah and Shelah became the father
KJV: begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
INT: became of Shelah and Shelah the father of Eber

1 Chronicles 1:24
HEB: שֵׁ֥ם ׀ אַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד שָֽׁלַח׃
NAS: Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
KJV: Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
INT: Shem Arpachshad Shelah

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7974
9 Occurrences


šā·laḥ — 4 Occ.
še·laḥ — 2 Occ.
wə·še·laḥ — 3 Occ.















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