Selav שְׂלָו
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| שְׂלָו | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | selav |
| Strong's number | H7958 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | quail |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (2) |
Selav (Hebrew שְׂלָו, Strong's H7958) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “quail”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
quail
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | quails (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | quail (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Selav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 16:13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
Numbers
- Numbers 11:31And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
- Numbers 11:32And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
Psalms
- Psalm 105:40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).