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סַלְכָה Salcah

Every verse in which this name stands — 4 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 115×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place East of the Jordan. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Deuteronomy 3:10 and last at 1 Chronicles 5:11.

Deuteronomy 3:10דברים ג:י

כֹּל עָרֵי הַמִּישֹׁר וְכָל־הַגִּלְעָד וְכָל־הַבָּשָׁן עַד־סַלְכָה וְאֶדְרֶעִי עָרֵי מַמְלֶכֶת עוֹג בַּבָּשָֽׁן

all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.—

Joshua 12:5יהושע יב:ה

וּמֹשֵׁל בְּהַר חֶרְמוֹן וּבְסַלְכָה וּבְכָל־הַבָּשָׁן עַד־גְּבוּל הַגְּשׁוּרִי וְהַמַּעֲכָתִי וַחֲצִי הַגִּלְעָד גְּבוּל סִיחוֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן

and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, even unto the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Joshua 13:11יהושע יג:יא

וְהַגִּלְעָד וּגְבוּל הַגְּשׁוּרִי וְהַמַּעֲכָתִי וְכֹל הַר חֶרְמוֹן וְכָל־הַבָּשָׁן עַד־סַלְכָֽה

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

1 Chronicles 5:11דברי הימים א ה:יא

וּבְנֵי־גָד לְנֶגְדָּם יָֽשְׁבוּ בְּאֶרֶץ הַבָּשָׁן עַד־סַלְכָֽה

And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Salcah?

Salcah — סלכה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 115 in the standard method.

How many times is Salcah named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Deuteronomy 3:10.

A spelling is not a name. The written word סלכה stands 3 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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