Lexical Definition

‎שַׁלְמַן‎ Shalman (shal-man') Shalman ^N:N-M-P
of foreign derivation

Shalman. Compare ‎שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר‎.

• § Shalman = "fire-worshipper"
• Shalman, a king apparently of Assyria

1) a contraction for Shalmaneser king of Assyria
1a) maybe an obscure Assyrian king, predecessor of Pul

Extended Information

name of: שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.17.3 also called Shalman at Hos.10.14
• Another name of shal.man.e.ser (‎ש‎ַׁ‎ל‎ְ‎מ‎ַ‎נ‎ְ‎א‎ֶ֫‎ס‎ֶ‎ר‎ "Shalmaneser" שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁלְמָן‎ (van d. H. ‎מ־ַן‎) proper name, masculine or of a location (compare Palmyrene proper name ‎שלמן‎ GACooke²⁹⁹; Phoenician proper name, of divinity ‎שלמן‎ Lzb³⁷⁷ GACooke⁴²; Assyrian Salamanu, of Moabite prince COT^{Hos 10:14}; proper name, of divinity Šulmanu, see following); — ‎בֵּית אַרְבֵּאל‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּשֹׁד שׁ‎Hos 10:14, Σαλαμαν (compare also Field^{Hex. ii. 957}); — dubious, We Now think = following (and clause inserted after Hosea's time), compare also Marti; others compare Moabitish prince, see above; Spiegelb^{ZA xiii (1898), 120 f.} suggests proper name, of a location, compare Ša-ra-ma-na in Egyptian

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