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title: שַׂלְמָה — Salmon. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂלְמָה (8009), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Salmon. Compare. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂלְמָה

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«שַׂלְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Salmon. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8009 · **BDB:** שַׂלְמָה

### Glosses

Salmah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Salmon. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8009/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \= שִׂמְלָה v. sub שׂמל.

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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 (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂלְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8009/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.20/)

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וְעַמִּֽינָדָב֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־נַחְשׁ֔וֹן וְנַחְשׁ֖וֹן הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־שַׂלְמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Amminadab he.fathered (et) Nahshon and Nahshon he.fathered (et) Salmah

*JPS 1917:* and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon;

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