1. Shelah (son of Judah) — The proper noun Shelah (Hebrew שֵׁלָה), referring to the third son of Judah and his Canaanite wife Shua (Gen 38:5, 11, 14, 26; 46:12; Num 26:20; 1 Chr 2:3, 4:21). All 8 occurrences denote the same person. The two-cluster split is based solely on the presence of the conjunction וְ ('and Shelah') versus the bare form, which is a syntactic difference, not a semantic one. Multilingual evidence is unanimous: eng 'Shelah / and Shelah,' spa 'Shelah / y Shelá,' hin शेला / और शेला, arb شِيلَةُ / وَ شيلَة, kor 셀라가 / 그리고 셀라와, swa Shela / na Shela. 8×
AR["شيلَة","شِيلَة","شِيلَةُ","لِ-شَيلَا","لِ-شِيلَةَ","وَ-شيلَة","وَشِيلَةُ"]·ben["আর-শেলা","ও-শেলা","শেলা","শেলার","শেলার-কাছে","শেলার-জন্য"]·DE["Schela","[ושלה]","[שלה]","dem-Schela","und-Schela","zu-Shelah"]·EN["Shelah","and-Shelah","to-Shelah"]·FR["Shéla","[ושלה]","[שלה]","et-Shéla","à-Shelah","à-Shéla"]·heb["ו-שלה","ל-שלה","שלה"]·HI["और-शेला","शेला","शेला-को"]·ID["Syela","dan-Syela","dari-Syela","kepada-Syela"]·IT["Shelah","[ושלה]","[שלה]","a-Shelah","e-Shelah"]·jav["Syéla","Séla","dhateng-Syéla","kagem-Séla","lan-Sela","lan-Séla"]·KO["그-와-셀라","그리고-셀라와","셀라","셀라-에게","셀라가","셀라라","셀라에게"]·PT["Shelah","a-Shelah","de-Shelah","e-Shelah"]·RU["Шела","Шеле","Шелы","и-Шела","от-Шелы"]·ES["Sela","Shelah","a-Shelah","de-Selá","y-Sela","y-Shelá"]·SW["Shela","akamruka-Shela","kwa-Shela","na-Shela"]·TR["-Şela'ya","ve-Şela","Şela","Şela'nın","Şela'ya"]·urd["اور-شیلہ","شیلہ","شیلہ-سے","شیلہ-کو","شیلہ-کے","و-شیلہ"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. שֵׁלָה n.pr.m. son of Judah, Σηλωμ[ν]: Gn 38:5, 11, 14, 26 (J), 46:12 (P); Nu 26:20 (P), 1 Ch 2:3; 4:21.