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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Shelah


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Shelah Shelah, Shelah Shelah

Shelah (Shelah, more properly pronounced as Shelach) is a son of Arpachshad, son of Shem, son of Noah. The prophet Nehemiah makes mention of a Pool of Shelah in Jerusalem (3:15), which refers to Siloah or Siloam in Greek .
Shelah (Shelah) is a son of Judah with the daughter of Shua.

The name Shelah-with-heth comes from the root shalah (shalah 2394) meaning to send, send away, let go. A derivative that is identical to both the verb and the name Shelah is shalah (shelah 2394a) meaning weapon (probably a spear or something else that can be thrown). Other derivations are: shilluhim (shilluhim 2394b), sending away; sheluha (sheluha 2394c), shoot, branch (Isia 16:8); mishlah (mislah 2394d); undertaking (that to which one stretches out the hand), or pasture (where animals get to roam free); misloah (mishloah 2394e), outstretching, sending; mishlahat (mishlahat 2394f), discharge, deputation.
The root also yields the word shulhan (shulhan 2395a), table (a stretcher-outer).

The name Shelah (Shelah) may mean Sent Out, Branch or Javelin.

Related names are Methuselah and Shiloah. Another name that may have to do with a spear is Cain.

The name Shelah-with-he seems to be related to the verb Shelah (shala 2392-2393). The verb Shelah (shala 2392) means to be at rest or prosper. Derivations: shala (shalu 2392a), prosperity; sheli (sheli 2392b), quiet, private; shala (shalew 2392c), quiet, prosperous; shalwa (shalwa 2392d), quietness, prosperity;
The verb Shelah (shala 2393), means draw out or extract, and is used only once (in Job 27:8). Derivation shilya (shilya 2393a), afterbirth, is used only once as well (Deut 28:57).

The name Shelah (Shelah) means both of the above, but is probably meant to mean Prosperity.



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