Thread:SouthWriter/@comment-31246436-20160212020254/@comment-1777104-20160212195738

You stated that very well.

Your example of Shelah vs. Salah misses the mark by introducing the New Testament "Sala." I did some checking, and the names of the Patriarch and Judah's third son are different. The son of Arphaxad (a horrid transliteration that obscures that name) is Shelach (hard H; almost always pronounced). That means "sprout." The son of Judah is "Shelah" (soft H; silent at the end of a word). That means "petition" The translators just chose to spell the two names the same in places. Whoa. a rabbit trail!

Replace the "Sala" with "Salah" and then see what the other translations (that have "Sale") have in the Old Testament. You just want the problem illustrated, not explained.