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title: שַׂמְלָה — Samlah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׂמְלָה (8072), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Samlah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׂמְלָה

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«שַׂמְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Samlah** — 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:** 8072 · **BDB:** שַׂמְלָה

### Glosses

Samlah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Samlah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8072/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8072/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. kg. of Edom Gn 36:36, 37 (P; Σαμ(α)λα) = 1 Ch 1:47, 48 (Σαμαα, Σαβαα).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׂמְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8072/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.36/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת הֲדָ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו שַׂמְלָ֖ה מִמַּשְׂרֵקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Hadad and he.reigned in place.of.him Samlah from Masrekah

*JPS 1917:* And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

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[1 Chronicles 1:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.1.47/)

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וַיָּ֖מָת הֲדָ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֔יו שַׂמְלָ֖ה מִמַּשְׂרֵקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.died Hadad and he.reigned in place.of.him Samlah from Masrekah

*JPS 1917:* And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

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