שְׂלָו
Used: 4 times · Key: 7958 · BDB: שְׂלָו
Glosses
quail (3); quails (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
quail tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. quail tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. Ex 16:13 quail (prob. foreign word; Arabic سَلْوَى, Syriac ܣܰܠܘܰܝ, Sam. ࠔࠋࠅࠉ );—quail, coturnix communis vel vulgaris (TristrNHB 229 ff. FFP 124 PostHast.DB. quail, Di Ex 16:13):—abs. coll. Nu 11:32 (J); Ex 16:13 (P), ψ 105:40 (in all Qr שְׂלָיו); pl. שַׂלְוִים Nu 11:31 (J; as if from sg. שַׂלְוֶה).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שְׂלָו» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
שָׁאַ֣ל וַיָּבֵ֣א שְׂלָ֑ו וְלֶ֥חֶם שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם׃
Word for word: he.asked and he.brought quail and bread of.heavens he satisfied.them
JPS 1917: They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.
וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַתַּ֣עַל הַשְּׂלָ֔ו וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָֽיְתָה֙ שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטַּ֔ל סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
Word for word: and it.was in the evening and it.came.up the quail and it.covered (et) the camp and in the morning it.was the.layer of the.dew around (to) the camp
JPS 1917: And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp.
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