שֶׁ֫לַח
she.lach
H7975A
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Hebrew
Shelah
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Hebrew
Language
she.lach is attested as the name of the pool named in Nehemiah’s wall-rebuilding description.
The term is attested as the name of a pool, marking the point from which a section of wall is described in Nehemiah 3:15.
Senses in use
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Name of a pool in a wall-boundary description · dominant
In Nehemiah 3:15, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the phrase locating the wall from a pool toward the king’s garden; the APB renders the location as “the pool of Shelah.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nehemiah 3:15, the APB presents the term in “the pool of Shelah.” It confirms the named-pool setting without establishing finer lexical detail.