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Lexicon :: Strong's H7956 - šēlâ

Strong's

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שֵׁלָה

Transliteration

šēlâ

Pronunciation

shay-law'

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Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

The same as שְׁאֵלָה (H7596) (shortened)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁלָה Shêlâh, shay-law'; the same as H7596 (shortened); request; Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite:—Shelah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7956 in the following manner: Shelah (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7956 in the following manner: Shelah (8x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Shelah = "a petition"
1. the youngest son of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שֵׁלָה Shêlâh, shay-law'; the same as H7596 (shortened); request; Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite:—Shelah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7956: Abbreviations

† II. שֵׁלָה proper name, masculine son of Judah, Σηλωμ[ν]: Genesis 38:5, 11, 14, 26 (J), Genesis 46:12 (P); Numbers 26:20 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 4:21.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

38:5; 38:11; 38:14; 38:26; 46:12

Numbers

26:20

1 Chronicles

2:3; 4:21

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Strong's Number H7956 matches the Hebrew שֵׁלָה (šēlâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Gen 38:5 - And she bore still another son, and she named him Shelah^H7956; and it was at Chezib [fn]that she bore him.

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Gen 38:11 - Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah^H7956 grows up”; for he [fn]thought, “I am afraid lest he also die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

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Gen 38:14 - So she removed her widow’s garments from herself and covered herself with a [fn]veil and wrapped herself. And she sat at the entrance of [fn]Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah^H7956 had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

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Gen 38:26 - And Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah^H7956.” And he did not [fn]know her again.

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Gen 46:12 - The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah^H7956 and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

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Num 26:20 -

And the sons^H1121 of Judah^H3063 according to their families^H4940 were:

of Shelah^H7956, the family^H4940 of the Shelanites^H8024;

of Perez^H6557, the family^H4940 of the Perezites^H6558;

of Zerah^H2226, the family^H4940 of the Zerahites^H2227.

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1Ch 2:3 -

The sons^H1121 of Judah^H3063 were Er^H6147, Onan^H209, and Shelah^H7956; these three^H7969 were born^H3205 to him by Bath-shua^H1340 the Canaanitess^H3669. And Er^H6147, Judah’s^H3063 firstborn^H1060, was evil^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of [fn]Yahweh^H3068, so He put^H4191 him to^H4191 death^H4191.

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1Ch 4:21 -

The sons^H1121 of Shelah^H7956 the son^H1121 of Judah^H3063 were Er^H6147 the father^H1 of Lecah^H3922 and Laadah^H3935 the father^H1 of Mareshah^H4762, and the families^H4940 of the house^H1004 of the fine^H948 linen^H948 workers^H5656 at Beth-ashbea^H1004^H791;

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