Shelah (name)

For other uses, see Shelah (disambiguation).

Shelah is the Latin transcription of two Hebrew names, sh-l-h (Hebrew: שֵׁלָה, Modern Šela, Tiberian Šēlāh ; Petition) and sh-l-ch (Hebrew: שֶׁלַח, Modern , Tiberian ). sh-l-h may also be transcribed as Shela.

Among early historical figures, this Hebrew name was used as a single name. For instance, the Biblical figures שלה ("Shelah" or "Shela") and שלח ("Salah" or "Shelah"),.[1]

Another Hebrew name that has been rendered as "Shela" is שילא, as exemplified by the early Third Century Babylonian Rabbi Rav Shela[2]

"Shelah" has also served as a pseudonym in the form of "Shelah haKadosh", referring to Isaiah Horowitz, a 16th-century Jewish mystic. In this case, the given name "Shelah" (של"ה) is a construct based on the initial letters of the Hebrew title of Horowitz' most influential work, Shenei Luhot HaBerit (שני לוחות הברית).

In modern times, "Shelah" (in the form sh-l-ch) has become a surname, as exemplified by Saharon Shelah (b. 1945 Jerusalem).

Notes

  1. According to Sons of Noah#Arpachshad's family (genealogy of Abraham)
  2. In English transliteration of Hebrew, "Rav" means "Rabbi".
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