Sᵉlâv — H7958
H7958 · Hebrew — שלו
Pronunciation: sel-awv'
Other spellings: sᵉlâyv שְׂלָיו
Definition
feminine noun
the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
- quail
Usually translated as
quails
Origin
or sᵉlâyv; by orthographical variation from H7951 through the idea of sluggishness
Occurrences
Sᵉlâv occurs 4 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (2), Psalms (1)
- Exodus 16:13 — And it came to pass, that at even the quails (הַשְּׂלָ֔ו) came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
- Numbers 11:31 — And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails (שַׂלְוִים֮) from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
- Numbers 11:32 — And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails (הַשְּׂלָ֔ו): he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- Psalms 105:40 — The people asked, and he brought quails (שְׂלָ֑ו), and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Strong's Lexicon — S