H8026

שֶׁ֫לֶף

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Sheleph

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.26; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Sheleph = "a drawing forth" the 2nd son of Joktan and a descendant of Shem

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שֶׁ֫לָף] proper name, masculine son of Joktan; — שָׁ֑לֶף Gen 10:26 = 1Chr 1:20 Σαλεφ; identification by OsZMG xi (1857), 153 f. with South Arabic tribe , compare MordtmZMG xxxix (1885), 228 GlasSkizze ii. 425 HomLChr 70, and see Di Dr.


2 occurrences

Genesis (1), I Chronicles (1)