Hebrew word · H8007

שַׂלְמָא

salma'

Salma

Appears 4 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.20;

son of: Nahshon (H5177);

husband of: Rahab (H7343);

father of: Boaz (H1162); also called Sala at Luk.3.32;

§ Salma = "garment"

1) father of Boaz, father-in-law of Ruth, and grandfather of David

1a) also 'Salmon', 'Salmah'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 4

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:11 שַׂלְמָ֔א וְשַׂלְמָ֖א Salma, and Salma

    Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:51 שַׂלְמָא֙ Salma

    Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

  3. 1 Chronicles 2:54 שַׂלְמָ֗א Salma

    The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

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