שְׂלָו

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine4 occurrences3 books4 verses

Definition

or שְׂלָיו; by orthographical variation from H7951 through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
Traditional renderings: quails.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Exodus 16:13הַשְּׂלָ֔ו · quail
    That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
  2. Numbers 11:31שַׂלְוִים֮ · quail
    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
  3. Numbers 11:32הַשְּׂלָ֔ו · the quail
    All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
  4. Psalm 105:40שְׂלָ֑ו · quail
    They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.