Shelanite

Shelanite

(Heb. collectively in the sing and with the art. hash-Shelani’, , an irregular patronymic from Shelah, as if Shelan [comp. Shiloh, Shilonite]; Sept. ) a designation of the descendants of Shelah (q.v.), the son of Judah (Num 26:20).

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature