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According to the Bible, Shelah/Shela was the youngest brother among Judah's first three sons, and was born at Chezib.
Shelah is the Latin transcription of two Hebrew names, sh-l-h and sh-l-ch . sh-l-h may also be transcribed as Shela.
Among early historical figures, this Hebrew name was used as a single name. For instance, the Biblical figures שלה ("Shelah" or "Shela") and שלח ("Salah" or "Shelah"),.
Another Hebrew name that has been rendered as "Shela" is שילא, as exemplified by the early Third Century Babylonian Rabbi Rav Shela
"Shelah" has also served as a pseudonym in the form of "Shelah haKadosh", referring to Isaiah Horowitz, a 16th-century Jewish mystic. In this case, the given name "Shelah" is a construct based on the initial letters of the Hebrew title of Horowitz' most influential work, Shenei Luhot HaBerit .
In modern times, "Shelah" (in the form sh-l-ch) has become a surname, as exemplified by Saharon Shelah (b. 1945 Jerusalem).
Shelah may refer to:
- Shelah (son of Judah), a son of Judah according to the Bible
- Shelah (name), a Hebrew personal name
- Shlach, the 37th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading
- Saleh, a prophet described in the Qur'an whom some scholars believe to be the Islamic counterpart of Shelah son of Judah
- Salah, sometimes referred to by the name "Shelah", a minor Biblical figure (son of Arpachshad, father of Eber)
- Pool of Siloam, also referred to as the "pool of Shelah", a site of Biblical significance in Jerusalem, Israel
- Shenei Luhot HaBerit, Hebrew initialed "Shelah", 16th-century Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz most influential work
- Saharon Shelah (born 1945), a contemporary mathematician working in set theory and logic