Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shᵉchêleth

shekh-ay'-leth

שְׁחֵלֶת

What it means

a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel

a scale or shell, i.e. the aromatic mussel.

Where it comes from

apparently from the same as shachal (שַׁחַל) through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound

How the King James translates it

  • onycha1

Every place it appears 1

Exodus30:34