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title: שַׂלְמָא — Salma · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂלְמָא (8007), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Salma. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂלְמָא

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«שַׂלְמָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Salma** — 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:** 8007 · **BDB:** שַׂלְמָא

### Glosses

Salma (3); of.Salma (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Salma [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8007/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** i. שַׂלְמָה v. שַׂלְמוֹן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂלְמָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8007/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.51/)

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שַׂלְמָא֙ אֲבִ֣י בֵֽית־לָ֔חֶםבֵֽית־לָ֔חֶם חָרֵ֖ף אֲבִ֥י בֵית־גָּדֵֽרבֵית־גָּדֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* Salma the.father of Bethlehem Hareph the.father of Beth-Gader

*JPS 1917:* Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

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[1 Chronicles 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.11/)

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וְנַחְשׁוֹן֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־שַׂלְמָ֔א וְשַׂלְמָ֖א הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־בֹּֽעַז׃

*Word for word:* and Nahshon he.fathered (et) Salma and Salma he.fathered (et) Boaz

*JPS 1917:* and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz;

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