Shelah is a Latin transcription of several separate Hebrew names.
In Biblical Hebrew, it may represent
שֵׁלָה ("Shelah" or "Shela") or
שֶׁלַח ("Salah", "Shelah" or "Shela"). A later Hebrew name that has been rendered as "Shela" is שילא, as exemplified by the early third-century Babylonian rabbi
Rav Shela,
[In English transliteration of Hebrew, " Rav" means "Rabbi".] which may be identical with שֵׁלָה.
"Shelah" has also served as a pseudonym in the form of "Shelah haKadosh", referring to
Isaiah Horowitz
Isaiah or Yeshayahu ben Avraham Ha-Levi Horowitz () (c. 1555 – March 24, 1630), also known as the ''Shelah HaKaddosh'' ( "the holy ''Shelah''") after the title of his best-known work, was a prominent rabbi and mystic.
Biography
Isaiah Horo ...
, a 16th-century
Jewish mystic. In this case, the given name "Shelah" (של"ה) is an acronym created from the initial letters of the Hebrew title of Horowitz' most influential work, ''Shenei Luhot HaBerit'' (שני לוחות הברית).
In modern times, "Shelah" (שֶׁלַח) has become a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
, as exemplified by
Saharon Shelah
Saharon Shelah (; , ; born July 3, 1945) is an Israeli mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Biography
Shelah was born in Jerusalem on July 3, 1945. He is th ...
(b. 1945 Jerusalem).
References
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Hebrew-language names