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title: שַׁלּוּם — Shallum · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁלּוּם (7967), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: Shallum. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁלּוּם

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«שַׁלּוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shallum** — 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:** 27 times · **Key:** 7967 · **BDB:** שַׁלּוּם

### Glosses

Shallum (16); of.Shallum (9); \[was\].Shallum (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shallum [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7967/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7967/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (less often שַׁלֻּם) n.pr.m. Σελ(λ)ουμ, Σαλ(λ)ουμ, Σελλημ, etc.;— king of N. Israel 2 K 15:10, 13, 14, 15. son of Josiah, and king of Judah Je 22:11; 1 Ch 3:15 = יְהוֹאָחָז 1, v. p. 219. husband of Huldah 2 K 22:14 = 2 Ch 34:22, B 𝔊L Σελλημ, A -λουμ. uncle of Jeremiah Je 32:7. in Simeon 1 Ch 4:25. in Jerahmeel 2:40, 41. in Ephr. 2 Ch 28:12. in Napht. 1 Ch 7:13. father of a threshold keeper Je 35:4. wall-builder Ne 3:12. priests 1 Ch 5:38, 39; Ezr 7:2 (ancestor of Ezra, perhaps = מְשֻׁלָּם 7 a). Levits: 1 Ch 9:17(×2), perhaps = v 19, 31, and Ezr 2:42 ‖ Ne 7:45 (= שֶׁלֶמְיָה 2, מְשֻׁלָּם 8 c, (מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה(וּ)). Ezr 10:24. v 42 below.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁלּוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7967/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 10:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.42/)

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שַׁלּ֥וּם אֲמַרְיָ֖ה יוֹסֵֽף׃ס

*Word for word:* Shallum Amariah Joseph

*JPS 1917:* Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

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[Ezra 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.2/)

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בֶּן־שַׁלּ֥וּם בֶּן־צָד֖וֹק בֶּן־אֲחִיטֽוּב׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Shallum the.son of.Zadok the.son of.Ahitub

*JPS 1917:* the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

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