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title: שַׂלְמוֹן — Salmon. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂלְמוֹן (8012), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Salmon. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂלְמוֹן

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«שַׂלְמוֹן» 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:** 8012 · **BDB:** שַׂלמוֹן

### Glosses

Salmon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Salmon. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8012/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8012/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Boaz Ru 4:21 (𝔊 Σαλμαν, A 𝔊L -μων), = שַׂלְמָה v 20 (𝔊 id.; read prob. -מוֹן), hence שַׂלְמָא 1 Ch 2:11(×2) (Σαλμων), also (as father of Bethlehem, on identity v. Be NowRuth) v 51, 54 (Σαλωμων, 𝔊L Σαμ(α)α)—? read שַׂלְמוֹן in all.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂלְמוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8012/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.21/)

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וְשַׂלְמוֹן֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־בֹּ֔עַז וּבֹ֖עַז הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־עוֹבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and Salmon he.fathered (et) Boaz and Boaz he.fathered (et) Obed

*JPS 1917:* and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed;

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