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title: שְׁלֹמֹה — Solomon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁלֹמֹה (8010), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 293 times: Solomon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Solomon. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁלֹמֹה

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«שְׁלֹמֹה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Solomon** — 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:** 293 times · **Key:** 8010 · **BDB:** שְׁלֹמֹה

### Glosses

Solomon (233); of.Solomon (58); O.Solomon (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Solomon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8010/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Solomon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8010/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Solomon (Σαλωμων, rarely Σαλομων, 𝔊L mostly Σολομων; cf. LagBN 53, 96);—king of Israel, son of David and Bathsheba 2 S 12:24; 1 K 1:11 + \[name 2 times S; 162 times K; 109 times Ch; 7 times Ezr Ne\]; born in Jerus. 2 S 5:14; 1 Ch 3:5; 14:4; designated by D. as successor, anointed and proclaimed before D.’s death 1 K 1:30, 33, 34, 39 +; king after D.’s death 1 K 2:12, 17; 1 Ch 29:28; 2 Ch 1:1 + \[phr. הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 K 1:34 + 36 times K, 11 times Ch, Je 52:20; Ct 3:9, 11; שׁ׳ הַמּ׳ 1 K 2:17; 12:2; 1 Ch 29:24; 2 Ch 10:2; שׁ׳ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה 1 K 12:23; 2 Ch 11:3, מ׳ יִשׂ׳ 2 K 23:13; 24:13; 2 Ch 30:26; 35:3; Ne 13:26\]; builder of temple 1 K 5:22; 6:1, 2; 1 Ch 5:26 + often; wise 1 K 3:10; 5:9, 10, 14; 10:1, 2, 3, 4; 2 Ch 1:7, 11 +; author of proverbs (and songs) according to Proverbs מִשְׁלֵי שׁ׳ 1:1; 10:1; 25:1 (cf. 1 K 5:12, 13), v. also לִשׁ׳ ψ 72:1; 127:1 (titles), Ct 1:1 (title); of written provision for priests, etc. 2 Ch 35:4, cf. 8:14 Ne 12:45; elsewhere (outside of K Ch) name occurs †Je 52:20; Ct 1:5 (Wkl Altor. Forsch. ii. 196 proposes Šalmaites, Nab. שלמו Lzb 376, cf. Levy TW ii.489 Jastr 1587), 3:7, 9, 11; 8:11, 12, and in phr. בְּנֵי עַדֵי שׁ׳ Ezr 2:55, 58 = Ne 7:57, 60; Ne 11:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 54 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁלֹמֹה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8010/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.1/)

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מִ֭שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֑ד מֶ֝֗לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.proverbs of.Solomon the.son of.David the.king of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

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[Song of Songs 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.1/)

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שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.song of the.songs which \[is\].of Solomon

*JPS 1917:* THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.

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