HebrewH8014Proper Noun (Masculine)
שַׂלְמַי
sal.may
“Shalmai”
2Occurrences
H8014Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Salmai, an Israelite
from H8008 (שַׂלְמָה); clothed;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Shamlai at ; Also named: sham.lay (*שַׁמְלַי *"Shamlai" H8073) § Shalmai or Salmai or Shamlai = "my thanks" ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שַׂלְמַי appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
Ezra 2:46BSB
the descendants of Hagab,the descendants of Shalmai,the descendants of Hanan,
Nehemiah 7:48BSB
the descendants of Lebanah,the descendants of Hagabah,the descendants of Shalmai,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.