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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7956",
  "lemma": "שֵׁלָה",
  "transliteration": "Shêlâh",
  "definition": "Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite",
  "kjv": "Shelah.",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7596",
      "lemma": "שְׁאֵלָה",
      "transliteration": "shᵉʼêlâh",
      "meaning": "a petition",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7596"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שֵׁלָה n.pr.m. son of Judah"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:5",
      "text": "She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:11",
      "text": "Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:14",
      "text": "She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:26",
      "text": "Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 46:12",
      "text": "The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 26:20",
      "text": "The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 2:3",
      "text": "The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 4:21",
      "text": "The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/4?v=21"
    }
  ],
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}