(Ä­nâ²stÄ­ngktâ²) n. 1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals. 2. A powerful motivation or impulse.
Dayla /day-la/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Dayla is valley.
This would relate the name Shelah to the name Saul, and thus Jones translates this form of the name Shelah with Prayer. From a linguistic point of view this may or may not be correct, and Prayer may be the original meaning of the name Shelah, but to a Hebrew audience, especially the non-linguists, the name Shelah looks like it means Prosperity.