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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Salu, Sallu


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Salu Salu, Sallu Salu, Sallu, Sallai Sallai

These four names are obviously variations of a theme and spelled and pronounced very similar.
Salu (Salu) is the Simeonite father of Zimri, who played a distinct role in the Peor incident, together with his Midianite woman Cozbi (Num 25:14).
Sallu (Salu) is a Benjaminite (1 Chr 9:7). In Neh 11:7 he is called Salu
Sallu (Sallu) is a priest who came up with Zerubbabel (Neh 12:7).
Shallai (Sallai Neh 12:7) may be the Sallu of v7 (as BDB suggest) but maybe not.

These names seem to have to do with any of the following verbs:
Salu (sala' 1500), weigh, as solely used in Lam 4:2.
sala (sala 1502), make light off, toss aside (Ps 119:118, Lam 1:15).
sala (sala 1503), weigh, ballance, as solely used in Job 28:16.
salah (salah 1505), forgive (solely by God, never from man to man). Derivation salah (sallah 1505a) means forgiveness.

Any of these names may mean any of the above. NOBSE reads the following:
Salu: Restored (from 1505?); Sallu: Contempt; Sallai: Rejecter (both from 1502?).



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