To the Jews....Who is "Shiloh"?

Question

When Jacob bless Judah then he makes reference to "Shiloh". ALso, what is the meaning of the name, from wich word/s is it derived?

Thankyou. God Bless

Answer 1

Shiloh is a place name, for a city actually.

http://www.bibleplaces.com/shiloh.htm

"Shiloh is understood by no one," says De Sola! Very strange indeed! Whatever its etymology, any one, not judicially blinded by unbelief, may see from the text itself, that it relates to a person, a conqueror, and a ruler, not to a place. "Shiloh shall come; and to Him the obedience of peoples;" to him is the key to Shiloh. Shiloh is a man; and as people are to obey him, he must be a ruler; and as peoples only obey those who compel them, he must be a conqueror before he can rule them. All which is plain enough for the comprehension of a little child, though perfectly unintelligible to "wise and prudent." Let us rejoice that we are what they call "fools."

And some say:
Shiloh (translation: not a single person left on the planet).

And still others say:
Shiloh, according to a long-standing translation from the Bible, has come to mean "the peaceful one."

Answer 2

Shiloh is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as an assembly place for the people of Israel where there was a sanctuary containing the ark of the covenant until it was taken by the Philistines. According to the Book of Joshua 18:1, it was at Shiloh that the "whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled...and set up the tabernacle of the congregation...", being the tent which housed the ark. Later on, the portable tent seems to have been enclosed within a compound or replaced with a standing structure with "doors" (1 Samuel 3:15) a precursor to the Temple, that survived until the time of Samuel.

At Shiloh Samuel was raised by the priest Eli and later himself served as priest there. When the Israelites were defeated at the battle of Aphek, their Philistine foes (who already had captured the ark of the covenant) apparently destroyed the shrine (1 Samuel 4).

Despite the shameful defeat, Shiloh was revived, and an important prophet lived there

Answer 3

Shiloh is the Messiah, God's annointed deliverer! He is also known as the Branch. and the Lion of Judah, Lamb of God, the final Passover.