55%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew Scripts שֵׁלָה(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Means "petition, request" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a son of Judah. English bibles also use this spelling to render the unrelated Hebrew name שֵׁלָח (see Shelach), a grandson of Shem. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantSalah(Biblical) User SubmissionShelah Categories biblical patriarchs, questions