Genesis 38:5

WEB

She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

KJV

And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

Commentary

And she conceived, and bare a son,.... A third son: and called his name Shelah; which signifies tranquil, quiet, peaceable and prosperous, and is a word that c omes from the same root as Shiloh, that famous son of Judah that should spring from him, Gen 49:10 the reason of the name, as given by the Targum, is,"because her husband forgot her:" and she was at Chezib when she bare him; Chezib is the name of a place, by some taken to be the same with Achzib or Ecdippe, now Zib, see Mic 1:14 ; it seems to be a city in the tribe of Judah; and Jerom (n) says, in his time there was a desert place of this name near Adullam, on the borders of Eleutheropolis; the reason of her being here at the time of her delivery, and of this circumstance being related, is not certain. (n) De loc. Heb. fol. 90. E.