How to Pronounce Zelah

ZEE-luh

Zelah is pronounced ZEE-luh (ˈziːlə): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Zelah mean?

Zelah means “rib; side; halting”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Zelah?

Slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). It was probably Saul’s birthplace.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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