Shiloah — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁלֹחַ
שִׁלֹחַ
Shiloah means rill.
Built from
שֶׁלַח Shelach — Shelach, a postdiluvian patriarch open in the lexicon ›
שָׁלַח shâlach — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
or (in imitation of H7974) שֶׁלַח; (Nehemiah 3:15), from H7971; rill; Shiloach, a fountain of Jerusalem.
First appearance
Neh 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.