King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7958
Transliteration: selav
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-awv')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: quail
Meaning: the quail
Word Summary
selav: quail
Original Word: שְׂלָוTransliteration: selav
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-awv')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: quail
Meaning: the quail
Strong's Concordance
quails Or slayv {sel-awv'}; by orthographical variation from shalah through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight) -- quails.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7958. selav
שְׂלָו noun feminineExodus 16:13 quail (probably foreign word; Arabic , Syriac , Samaritan ); — quail, coturnix communis or vulguris (TristrNHB 229 ff. FFP 124 PostHast. DB. QUAIL, Di16:13): — absolute collective Numbers 11:32 (J), Exodus 16:13 (P), Psalm 105:40 (in all Qr שְׂלָיו); plural שַׂלְוִים Numbers 11:31 (J; as if from singular שַׂלְוֶה).
שַׂלְמָא, I. שַׂלְמָה see שַׂלְמוֺן. below
II. שַׂלְמָה = שִׂמְלָה see below שׂמל.