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Strongs H7956

H7956

שֵׁלָה (Shêlâh) n-pr-m (shay-law')
Source: the same as H7596 (shortened); request;
Meaning: Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
KJV: Shelah.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

שֵׁלָה n.pr.m. son of Judah {1017}

Appears in a total of 8 verses:

GEN 38:26

OET-LV: 26And_ Yəhūdāh/(Judah) _he_recognized_them and_he/it_said she_is_righteous more_than_me if/because therefore yes/correct/thus/so not I_gave_her to_Shēlāh son_of_my and_not he_repeated again to_know_her.   (GEN_38:26)

OET-RV: 26When Yehudah recognised the items, he admitted, “She’s more in the right than I am, because I didn’t give my son Shelah to her.” But he didn’t lie with her again. (GEN 38:26)

GEN 38:5

OET-LV: 5And_she/it_added again and_she/it_gave_birth a_son and_she/it_called/named DOM his/its_name Shēlāh and_it_was in_Kezib when_she_bore DOM_him/it.   (GEN_38:5)

OET-RV: 5Then she got pregnant yet again and gave birth to a third son, and she named him Shelah. (Yehudah was in Kezib when she Onan was born.) (GEN 38:5)

NUM 26:20

OET-LV: 20And_ the_descendants_of _they_were of_Yəhūdāh to_their_clans of_Shēlāh the_clan_of the_Shēlāhite[s] of_Pereʦ the_clan_of the_Pereʦite[s] of_Zeraḩ the_clan_of the_Zerahite[s].   (NUM_26:20)

OET-RV: 20His descendants came via his other sons Shelah, Perets, and Zerah. (NUM 26:20)

GEN 46:12

OET-LV: 12And_the_sons of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) ˊĒr and_ʼŌnān and_Shēlāh and_Pereʦ and_Zeraḩ and_ ˊĒr _he/it_died and_ʼŌnān in_land of_Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_ the_sons_of _they_were of_Pereʦ Ḩeʦrōn and_Ḩāmūl.   (GEN_46:12)

OET-RV: 12Yehudah’s sons were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah, but Er and Onan had died in Canaan. Perez’ sons were Hezron and Hamul. (GEN 46:12)

GEN 38:11

OET-LV: 11And_ Yəhūdāh/(Judah) _he/it_said to_Tāmār his/its_daughter-in-law dwell a_widow the_house_of your_father_of_of until he_will_grow_up Shēlāh son_of_my if/because he_said lest he_should_die also he like_his_of_brothers and_ Tāmār _she_went and_she_dwelt the_house_of her_father_of_of.   (GEN_38:11)

OET-RV: 11Then Yehudah told his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” This was because he’d said, “So that he doesn’t also die like his brothers!” So Tamar went and lived in the house of her father. (GEN 38:11)

CH1 4:21

OET-LV: 21The_sons_of Shēlāh the_son_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) were_ˊĒr the_father_of Lēkāh and_Laˊdāh the_father_of Marʼēshāh and_the_clans_of the_house_of the_work_of (the)_fine_linen of_the_house_of of_ʼEshbēˊa.   (CH1_4:21)

OET-RV: 21The sons of Shelah (one of Yehudah’s sons) were Er (father of Lekah), Laadah (father of Mareshah and the clans who worked with linen at Beyt-Ashbea), (CH1 4:21)

CH1 2:3

OET-LV: 3the_sons_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) were_ˊĒr and_ʼŌnān and_Shēlāh three_sons it_was_born to_him/it from shūˊa the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)_woman and_he/it_was ˊĒr the_firstborn_of Yəhūdāh evil in/on_both_eyes_of YHWH and_he_put_him_to_death.   (CH1_2:3)

OET-RV: 3Yehudah’s sons (with the Canaanite woman Bat-Shua) were Er, and Onan, and Shelah. (Yehudah’s eldest son, Er, was evil in Yahweh’s eyes, and he killed him.) (CH1 2:3)

GEN 38:14

OET-LV: 14And_she_removed the_clothes_of her_widowhood_of_of from_on_her and_she_covered with_veil and_she_wrapped_herself_up and_she_sat at_the_entrance_of Enaim which is_on the_road_of (of)_to_Timnāh if/because she_had_seen if/because_that he_had_grown_up Shēlāh and_she not she_had_been_given to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman.   (GEN_38:14)

OET-RV: 14So she changed out of her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself up. Then she sat at the entrance of Enaim which is on the road to Timnah. She was doing this because she had seen that Shelah had grown up, but she hadn’t been given to him as a wife. (GEN 38:14)

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