שְׂלָו sᵉlâv
Meaning
the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)
In the King James Version: quails.
Derivation: or שְׂלָיו; by orthographical variation from H7951 (שָׁלָה) through the idea of sluggishness;
Where it is used
- Exodus 16:13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
- Numbers 11:31 Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
- Numbers 11:32 All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
- Psalms 105:40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.