The Name 'Shelo'

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Dear Rabbi, hello, we wanted to ask how the name Shelo is for a boy? And is there any reason not to use this name even though it does not appear as a name in the Torah. I found that it appears in

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Shalom Rav

The word appears in the Tanakh several times but not as a name, rather as a description.

It is better to use a name that is mentioned as a 'name'.  


Source

Jeremiah 49:31, Ezekiel 23:42, Job 16:12, Job 20:20.

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