Lexicon
שָׁלִ֫שָׁה
sha.li.shah
H8031
N:N--L Hebrew

Shalishah

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sha.li.shah is the name of a land traversed during a search journey in 1 Samuel 9:4.

The attested use identifies a land passed through during a journey in search of missing animals.

Senses in use

  1. A named land on a search route · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 9:4, the noun marked Proper occurs in the clause describing travel through a land; the APB renders the sequence, "passed through the land of Shalishah," before naming other lands on the route.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 9:4, the APB presents the term as "Shalishah" in the phrase "the land of Shalishah." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause places it among the lands traversed.

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