Hebrew word · H8009

שַׂלְמָה

salmah

Salmon

Appears once in 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;

Another spelling of sal.ma (שַׂלְמָא "Salmon" H8007)

§ Salmon = "garment"

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

1a) also 'Salmah', 'Salma'

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

Ruth · 1

Ruth 4:20 שַׂלְמָֽה׃ Salmah

Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

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