{"def":{"lit":"a petition","short":"Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite","long":["the youngest son of Judah slain by God for refusing to obey the law for levirate marriage with Tamar"]},"deriv":"the same as H7596 (shortened); request","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃeˈlɔː","ipa_mod":"ʃeˈlɑː","sbl":"šēlâ","dic":"shay-LAW","dic_mod":"shay-LA"}}