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title: שַׂלְמַי — Shalmai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂלְמַי (8014), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shalmai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂלְמַי

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«שַׂלְמַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shalmai** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8014 · **BDB:** שַׂלְמַי

### Glosses

of.Shalmai (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shalmai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8014/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8014/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. head of post-ex. family;—שׁ׳ Ezr 2:46 Qr (Kt. שׂמלי \[cf. NH n.pr. שִׂמְלַי Dalman, Liḥy. שמל DHMEpigr. Denkm. Ar. No. 13\]; so Baer; van d. H. Gi Qr שַׁלְמַי; Σαμααν, A𝔊L Σελαμ(ε)ι) = שַׂלְמָ֑י Ne 7:48 (Σελαμει; א Σαμαει).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «שַׂלְמַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8014/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.46/)

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בְּנֵי־חָגָ֥ב בְּנֵי־שַׁלְמַ֖י בְּנֵ֥י חָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Hagab the.descendants of.Shalmai the.descendants of.Hanan

*JPS 1917:* the children of Hagab, the children of Salmai, the children of Hanan;

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[Nehemiah 7:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.48/)

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בְּנֵי־לְבָנָ֥ה בְנֵי־חֲגָבָ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י שַׁלְמָֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Lebanah the.descendants of.Hagabah the.descendants of.Shalmai

*JPS 1917:* the children of Lebanah, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai;

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