Shelah (name)

Shelah is the Latin transcription of two Hebrew names, sh-l-h () and sh-l-ch (). "sh-l-h" may also be transcribed as Shela.
Among early historical figures, this Hebrew name was used as a single name. For instance, the Biblical figures שלה ("Shelah" or "Shela") and שלח ("Salah" or "Shelah").
Another Hebrew name that has been rendered as "Shela" is שילא, as exemplified by the early Third Century Babylonian Rabbi Rav Shela
"Shelah" has also served as a pseudonym in the form of "Shelah haKadosh", referring to Isaiah Horowitz, a 16th-century Jewish mystic. In this case, the given name "Shelah" () is a construct based on the initial letters of the Hebrew title of Horowitz' most influential work, "Shenei Luhot HaBerit" ().
In modern times, "Shelah" (in the form sh-l-ch) has become a surname, as exemplified by Saharon Shelah (b. 1945 Jerusalem).