We sailed north along the coast of Baja, Mexico from the city of La Paz. The Sea of Cortez has marvelously clear water and is dotted with dozens of hauntingly beautiful islands.
â Sahel. What does Sahel mean? Sahel [sa-hel] as a boys' name is a Hindi name, and Sahel means leader. Sahel is a variant form of Sahil (Hindi).
In Joshua 5:12 the LXX. read, land of the Phoenicians, instead of land of Canaan. The name signifies the lowlands, as distinguished from the land of Gilead on the east of Jordan, which was a mountainous district.