Gender Masculine
Scripts שֵׁלָח(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Means "dart, weapon" or "plant shoot" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a grandson of Shem who is an ancestor of Abraham. In English Bibles it is written as Salah or Shelah.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesShelah, Salah(Biblical)

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h7974, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h7974.
Entry updated October 6, 2024