Lexical Definition

‎שְׂלָו‎ sᵉlâv (sel-awv') quail ^H:N-F
or שְׂלָיו sᵉlâyv (sel-awv'); by orthographical variation from ‎שָׁלָה‎ through the idea of sluggishness

quails.

• the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)

1) quail

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׂלָו‎ noun feminine^{Exod 16:13} quail (probably foreign word; Arabic , Syriac , Samaritan ); — quail, coturnix communis or vulguris (Tristr^{NHB 229 ff. FFP 124} Post^{Hast. DB. QUAIL}, Di^{Exod 16:13}): — absolute collective Num 11:32 (J), Exod 16:13 (P), Ps 105:40 (in all Qr ‎שְׂלָיו‎); plural ‎שַׂלְוִים‎ Num 11:31 (J; as if from singular ‎שַׂלְוֶה‎). ‎שַׂלְמָא‎, I. ‎שַׂלְמָה‎ see ‎שַׂלְמוֺן‎. belowII. ‎שַׂלְמָה‎ = ‎שִׂמְלָה‎ see below ‎שׂמל‎.

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