Every Name in Tanakh

שַׂמְלָה Samlah

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.

PersonGematria 375×4 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Edomite. The name stands four times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:36 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:48.

Genesis 36:36בראשית לו:לו

וַיָּמָת הֲדָד וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שַׂמְלָה מִמַּשְׂרֵקָֽה

And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:37בראשית לו:לז

וַיָּמָת שַׂמְלָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שָׁאוּל מֵרְחֹבוֹת הַנָּהָֽר

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 1:48דברי הימים א א:מח

וַיָּמָת שַׂמְלָה וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו שָׁאוּל מֵרְחֹבוֹת הַנָּהָֽר

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Samlah?

Samlah — שמלה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 375 in the standard method.

How many times is Samlah named in the Tanakh?

4 times, first at Genesis 36:36.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שמלה stands 6 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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