Word Study · Strong's H5548 · Hebrew
סַלְכָה
Salkah
sal-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Çalkâh
“Salcah, a place East of the Jordan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Salcah, a place East of the Jordan
Rendered in the KJV as
Salcah, Salchah.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- סַלְכָֽה׃2
- וּבְסַלְכָה֙1
- סַלְכָ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- Salecah3
- and over Salecah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpl · 3
- HC/R/Npl · 1
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Where this word lives
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Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 12:5וּבְסַלְכָה֙uvesalkhahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.here: and over Salecah
- Joshua 13:11סַלְכָֽה׃salkhahproper noun (a name)also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—here: Salecah