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H7956שֵׁלָהshe.lah

ShelahPart of speech: Proper Name of a Male Person

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Occurrences by book

  1. 5
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 2
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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8 occurrences in 8 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 38:5

    And she yet again bore a son, and called his name Shelah; and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

    שֵׁלָ֑ה she.Lah “Shelah”

  2. Genesis 38:11

    Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also die, like his brethren.' And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

    שֵׁלָ֣ה she.Lah “Shelah”

  3. Genesis 38:14

    And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

    שֵׁלָ֔ה she.Lah “Shelah”

  4. Genesis 38:26

    And Judah acknowledged them, and said: 'She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son.' And he knew her again no more.

    לְשֵׁלָ֣ה (שֵׁלָ֣ה) she.Lah “Shelah”

  5. Genesis 46:12

    And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

    וְשֵׁלָ֖ה (שֵׁלָ֖ה) she.Lah “Shelah”

  6. Numbers 26:20

    And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

    לְשֵׁלָ֗ה (שֵׁלָ֗ה) she.Lah “Shelah”

  7. 1 Chronicles 2:3

    The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him.

    וְשֵׁלָ֔ה (שֵׁלָ֔ה) she.Lah “Shelah”

  8. 1 Chronicles 4:21

    The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

    שֵׁלָ֣ה she.Lah “Shelah”