Every Name in Tanakh

שֶׁלַח Salah

Every verse in which this name stands — 9 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 338×9 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A postdiluvian patriarch. The name stands nine times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:24 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:24.

Genesis 10:24בראשית י:כד

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד יָלַד אֶת־שָׁלַח וְשֶׁלַח יָלַד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר

And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

Genesis 10:24בראשית י:כד

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד יָלַד אֶת־שָׁלַח וְשֶׁלַח יָלַד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר

And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.

Genesis 11:12בראשית יא:יב

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־שָֽׁלַח

And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah.

Genesis 11:13בראשית יא:יג

וַֽיְחִי אַרְפַּכְשַׁד אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֶׁלַח שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:15בראשית יא:טו

וַֽיְחִי־שֶׁלַח אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־עֵבֶר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת

And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Salah?

Salah — שלח in Hebrew — has a gematria of 338 in the standard method.

How many times is Salah named in the Tanakh?

9 times, first at Genesis 10:24.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שלח stands 144 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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