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Shilya (שליה) means placenta in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שִׁלְיָה
shilya
noun · feminine
In English

placenta

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives one meaning for Shilya.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    איבר ספוגי שמתפתח יחד עם העובר במהלך ההריון אצל נקבות יונקים. השליה מגנה על העובר ודרכה הוא מקבל את מזונו באמצעות חבל הטבור.
    וּבְשִׁלְיָתָהּ הַיּוֹצֵת מִבֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ וּבְבָנֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד כִּי-תֹאכְלֵם בְּחֹסֶר-כֹּל בַּסָּתֶר בְּמָצוֹר וּבְמָצוֹק אֲשֶׁר יָצִיק לְךָ אֹיִבְךָ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Shilya is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
שִׁלְיָה
Written without vowel points
שליה
Said
shilya
Root
ש־ל־י
Pattern
קִטְלָה
Plural
שְׁלָיוֹת
Inflections
ר' שְׁלָיוֹת; שִׁלְיַת־, ר' שִׁלְיוֹת־
Gematria
345

This is how Shilya is said in other languages.

English
placenta
Arabic
مشيمة

These words rhyme with Shilya.

The word Shilya is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • שליה קדמית
  • שליה אחורית
  • שליה נמוכה
  • שליה חודרנית
  • שלית פתח
  • הפרדות שליה
  • בעלי שליה
  • נח לו שנהפכה שליתו על פניו

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What does Shilya (⁨שליה⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shilya (⁨שליה⁩) means placenta. It is said shilya, with the stress on ya.

What rhymes with Shilya (⁨שליה⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shilya (⁨שליה⁩) include ⁨אונייה⁩, ⁨חיה⁩, ⁨סקריה⁩, ⁨שתייה⁩, ⁨ראייה⁩, and ⁨בעיה⁩.

Is Shilya (⁨שליה⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shilya (⁨שליה⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨שְׁלָיוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שליה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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