Bible Person

Salah

Meaning: mission; sending · Male · 8 cross references

Salah, also written Shelah in genealogical contexts, is the descendant of Arphaxad and father of Eber in the post-flood line. His role is genealogical but crucial within the narrowing sequence toward Abraham. First appears in Gen 10:24.1

AI summary: Salah matters because the cross references place him squarely in the line by which Genesis moves from the nations toward the covenant family. He is not given narrative episodes, but he connects Arphaxad to Eber and therefore supports the continuity of the biblical ancestry carried through Chronicles and Luke. In genealogical frameworks, this is substantial significance. Taken together, the material presents Salah as an important ancestral link in the preserved line of promise.1

Central Figure

Salah

Meaning: mission; sending

A shoot, a descendant of Arphaxed (Luke 3:35, 36); called also Shelah (1 Chr.