# H7956 שֵׁלָה

שֵׁלָה (Shêlâh), Strong’s H7956: Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite KJV: Shelah.. Occurs 8 times.

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*Shêlâh* — Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite

KJV: Shelah.

Derived from [שְׁאֵלָה shᵉʼêlâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7596) (a petition)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שֵׁלָה n.pr.m. son of Judah

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 38:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=5) — She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.
- [Genesis 38:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=11) — Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown…
- [Genesis 38:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=14) — She took off the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate…
- [Genesis 38:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=26) — Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.” He knew…
- [Genesis 46:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=12) — The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez…
- [Numbers 26:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=20) — The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the…
- [1 Chronicles 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/2?v=3) — The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s…
- [1 Chronicles 4:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/4?v=21) — The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the…