Definition

Sallu or Sallai, the name of two Israelites

Etymology

or סַלּוּא; or סָלוּא; or סַלַּי; from H5541 (סָלָה); weighed;

Where the KJV renders it

• Sallai
• Sallu
• Salu

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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