Lexicon
חֶלְאָה
chel.ah
H2458
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Helah

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chel.ah is used as the name of a woman identified as Ashhur’s wife and the mother of listed sons.

The term is used as a proper name for a woman: 1 Chronicles 4:5 places her among Ashhur’s two women, and 1 Chronicles 4:7 identifies several sons as hers.

Senses in use

  1. A woman named in a genealogy · dominant

    Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 4:5 the APB renders the genealogy as naming “Helah” among Ashhur’s two women; in 1 Chronicles 4:7 it renders a list of “The sons of Helah.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Helah” in both verses, first in relation to Ashhur and then in the phrase “The sons of Helah.” The verse is read as a whole.

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