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Lexicon :: Strong's H7958 - śᵊlav

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שְׂלַו
Transliteration
śᵊlav
Pronunciation
sel-awv'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
By orthographical variation from שָׁלָה (H7951) through the idea of sluggishness
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2265

Strong’s Definitions

שְׂלָו sᵉlâv, sel-awv'; or שְׂלָיו sᵉlâyv; by orthographical variation from H7951 through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight):—quails.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H7958 in the following manner: quail (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H7958 in the following manner: quail (4x).

  1. quail

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׂלָו sᵉlâv, sel-awv'; or שְׂלָיו sᵉlâyv; by orthographical variation from H7951 through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight):—quails.
STRONGS H7958: Abbreviations
† שְׂלָו noun feminineExodus 16:13 quail (probably foreign word; Arabic سَاْوَى, Syriac Yfvlfs, Samaritan JFLU); — quail, coturnix communis or vulguris (TristrNHB 229 ff. FFP 124 PostHast. DB. QUAIL, DiExodus 16:13): — absolute collective Numbers 11:32 (J), Exodus 16:13 (P), Psalm 105:40 (in all Qr שְׂלָיו); plural שַׂלְוִים Numbers 11:31 (J; as if from singular שַׂלְוֶה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:13; 16:13; 16:13

Numbers

11:31; 11:32

Psalms

105:40

H7958

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7958 matches the Hebrew שְׂלַו (śᵊlav),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:13 - In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Then a wind from the LORD sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits[fn] above the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten homers.[fn] And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40 - They asked, and he brought quail,
and gave them bread from heaven in abundance.
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