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title: סַלְכָה — Salcah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַלְכָה (5548), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Salcah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַלְכָה

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«סַלְכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Salcah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 5548 · **BDB:** סַלְכָה

### Glosses

Salecah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Salcah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5548/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5548/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city on E. border of Bashan, Dt 3:10; Jos 12:5; 13:11 (all D), 1 Ch 5:11; = Nab. צלחד (Lzb358 Cook101), mod. Ṣalḫad, Ṣarḫad on S. spur of Jebel Hauran, c. 63 m. due E. of Jordan; cf. BuhlGeogr. 252 Dr Dt 3:10; 𝔊 Σελχα, Ελχα, etc. (Σ lost often after ἕως).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַלְכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5548/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.11/)

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וּבְנֵי־גָ֣ד לְנֶגְדָּ֗ם יָֽשְׁב֛וּ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַבָּשָׁ֖ן עַד־סַלְכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.descendants of.Gad to before them they.dwelt in the.land of.(the) Bashan to Salecah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:

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[Joshua 13:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.11/)

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וְהַגִּלְעָ֞ד וּגְב֧וּל הַגְּשׁוּרִ֣י וְהַמַּעֲכָתִ֗י וְכֹ֨ל הַ֥ר חֶרְמ֛וֹן וְכָל־הַבָּשָׁ֖ן עַד־סַלְכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (the) Gilead and the.territory of the.Geshurite\[s\] and the Maacathite\[s\] and all the.mountain of.Hermon and all (the) Bashan to Salecah

*JPS 1917:* and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

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