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

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«סַלּוּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sallai** — 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:** lemma:סַלּוּא · **BDB:** סַלּוּא

### Glosses

Sallu (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sallai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b7_5dc_5bc_5d5_5bc_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b7_5dc_5bc_5d5_5bc_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a post-exil. Benjamite 1 Ch 9:7 (𝔊 Σαλωμ, A Σαλω) = סַלֻּא Ne 11:7 (𝔊 Σηλω, 𝔊L Σαμαα).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַלּוּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b7_5dc_5bc_5d5_5bc_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.7/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵ֖י בִּנְיָמִ֑ן סַלּוּא֙ בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּ֔ם בֶּן־הוֹדַוְיָ֖ה בֶּן־הַסְּנֻאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and of the.descendants of.Benjamin Sallu the.son of.Meshullam the.son of.Hodaviah the.son of Hassenuah

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

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[Nehemiah 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.7/)

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וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן סַלֻּ֡א בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּ֡ם בֶּן־יוֹעֵ֡ד בֶּן־פְּדָיָה֩ בֶן־ק֨וֹלָיָ֧ה בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֛ה בֶּן־אִֽיתִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.descendants of.Benjamin Sallu the.son of.Meshullam the.son of.Joed the.son of.Pedaiah the.son of.Kolaiah the.son of.Maaseiah the.son of.Ithiel the.son of.Jeshaiah

*JPS 1917:* And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.

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