Every Name in Tanakh

סַלּוּ Sallai

Every verse in which this name stands — 6 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.

PersonGematria 97×6 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 25:14 and last at 1 Chronicles 9:7.

Numbers 25:14במדבר כה:יד

וְשֵׁם אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמֻּכֶּה אֲשֶׁר הֻכָּה אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִית זִמְרִי בֶּן־סָלוּא נְשִׂיא בֵֽית־אָב לַשִּׁמְעֹנִֽי

Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’house among the Simeonites.

Nehemiah 11:7נחמיה יא:ז

וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי בִנְיָמִן סַלֻּא בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּם בֶּן־יוֹעֵד בֶּן־פְּדָיָה בֶן־קוֹלָיָה בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָה בֶּן־אִֽיתִיאֵל בֶּן־יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה

And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.

Nehemiah 11:8נחמיה יא:ח

וְאַחֲרָיו גַּבַּי סַלָּי תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה

And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

Nehemiah 12:7נחמיה יב:ז

סַלּוּ עָמוֹק חִלְקִיָּה יְדַֽעְיָה אֵלֶּה רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים וַאֲחֵיהֶם בִּימֵי יֵשֽׁוּעַ

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

1 Chronicles 9:7דברי הימים א ט:ז

וּמִן־בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן סַלּוּא בֶּן־מְשֻׁלָּם בֶּן־הוֹדַוְיָה בֶּן־הַסְּנֻאָֽה

And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Sallai?

Sallai — סלוא in Hebrew — has a gematria of 97 in the standard method.

How many times is Sallai named in the Tanakh?

6 times, first at Numbers 25:14.

A spelling is not a name. The written word סלוא stands 2 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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