שְׂלָוsᵉlâv
quail (Exodus 16:13; Numbers 11:32; Psalms 105:40; Numbers 11:31)
Pronunciation: sel-awv' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7958
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 16:13 That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.
- Numbers 11:31 Now the Lord sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall all around the camp. For miles in every direction there were quail flying about three feet above the ground.
- Numbers 11:32 So the people went out and caught quail all that day and throughout the night and all the next day, too. No one gathered less than fifty bushels! They spread the quail all around the camp to dry.
- Psalms 105:40 They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).