HebrewH8007Proper Noun (Masculine)
שַׂלְמָא
sal.ma
“Salmon”
3Occurrences
H8007Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Salma, the name of two Israelites
probably for H8008 (שַׂלְמָה); clothing;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Nahshon (H5177); husband of: Rahab (H7343); father of: Boaz (H1162); also called Sala at ; § Salma = "garment" 1) father of Boaz, father-in-law of Ruth, and grandfather of a) also 'Salmon', 'Salmah'
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שַׂלְמָא appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
3
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 2:11BSB
Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
1 Chronicles 2:51BSB
Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
1 Chronicles 2:54BSB
The descendants of Salma:Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
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