שֵׁלָנִי

shelani · Shelanite

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8024 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

shelani (שֵׁלָנִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shelanite”.

A descendant of Shelah, of the tribe of Judah.

How to say it

she·la·ni

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A family of the tribe of Judah, descended from his son Shelah.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Numbers 26:20

    And the sons of Judah by their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.