Original Language Studio
Genesis 11:14
“And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֶׁלַחShelach · sheh'-lakh
H7974 · Hebrew
H7974 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch
- Derivation
- the same as H7973 (שֶׁלַח);
- KJV renderings
- Salah, Shelah. Compare H7975 (שִׁלֹחַ)lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שֶׁ֥לַח — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:24Genesis 10:24Genesis 11:12Genesis 11:13Genesis 11:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שֶׁלַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.