Lexical Definition

‎סַלּוּ‎ Çallûw (sal-loo') valor ^N:N-M-P
or סַלּוּא Çallûwʼ (sal-loo'); or סָלוּא Çâlûwʼ (sal-loo'); or סַלַּי Çallay (sal-lah'-ee); from ‎סָלָה‎; weighed

Sallai, Sallu, Salu.

• § Sallu or Salu or Sallai = "weighed"
• Sallu or Sallai, the name of two Israelites

1) a priest in the time of Zerubbabel
2) father of Zimri, the prince of the Simeonites, who was slain by Phinehas
3) a post exilic Benjamite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סַלּוּ‎ proper name, masculine a priest, Zerubbabel's time, according to Neh 12:7 (ᵐ5^L Σαλονια), = ‎סַלַּי‎ vNeh 12:20 ᵐ5^L Σαλοναι; omitted by BA in both).

‎סָלוא‎ proper name, masculine a Simeonite Num 25:14, ᵐ5 Σαλμων, A Σαλω, ᵐ5^L Σαλωμ.

‎סַלּוּא‎ proper name, masculine a post-exile Benjamite 1Chr 9:7 (ᵐ5 Σαλωμ, A Σαλω) = ‎סַלֻּא‎ Neh 11:7 (ᵐ5 Σηλω, ᵐ5^L Σαμαα).

‎סַלַּי‎

proper name, masculine 1. Neh 12:20 = ‎סַלּוּ‎ q. v.

2. ‎סַלָּ֑י‎ a Benjamite Neh 11:8, ᵐ5 Σηλε(ε)ι.

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