Lexical Definition

‎שִׁלֹחַ‎ Shilôach (shee-lo'-akh) Shelah ^N:N--L
or (in imitation of ‎שֶׁלַח‎) שֶׁלַח Shelach (sheh'-lakh); (Nehemiah 3:15), from ‎שָׁלַח‎; rill

Shiloah, Siloah.

• § Shiloah or Siloah = "sent"
• Shiloach, a fountain of Jerusalem

1) a fountain just southeast of Jerusalem

See Greek: Σιλωάμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. ‎שֶׁ֫לַח‎ proper name in ‎׳‎‎בְּרֵכַת הַשּׁ‎ Neh 3:15 = ‎שִׁלֹחַ‎. below

‎שִׁלֹחַ‎ proper name, of a well at southeast of Jerusalem (connection with above √ not certain (Ba^{NB 66}), Ps 104:10 has Pi`el); — ‎׳‎‎מֵי הַשּׁ‎ Isa 8:6 Σ(ε)ιλωαμ; = III. ‎שֶׁלַךְ‎; modern Birket Silwân; see Wilson^{Hast. DB SILOM Cond} GASm RS^{Ency. Bib. JERUSALEM. §§ 3. 11. 18} Buhl^{G 138}; on inscription found in adjacent tunnel see Dr^{8m xv ff.} GACooke^{15 ff}.

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