Salah
שֶׁלַח/SAY-luh/
“Extension”
Summary
Son of Arphaxad and father of Eber in the line from Shem to Abraham, whose name suggests the extension of the Shemitic race.
☩Identity
Salah (also spelled Shelah) was the only named son of Arphaxad and the father of Eber, from whom the Hebrews took their name. He appears in the genealogy from Shem to Abraham and in Luke's genealogy of Christ. The name is significant of extension—the cognate verb being applied to the spreading of tree roots and branches—perhaps implying the gradual expansion of the Shemitic race from Northern Assyria toward the Euphrates.
Key verses:Genesis 10:24Genesis 11:12-151 Chronicles 1:18, 24Luke 3:35
Related Verses8 mentions
See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Salah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.John Kitto, "Salah," in A Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature, vol. II (Mark H. Newman, 1845).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Salah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).