H8012 H8012
Salmon, ancestor of David and father of Boaz (with conjunction)
This is the name Salmon with the conjunction 'and' prefixed, appearing in Ruth's genealogy. Salmon was Boaz's father, placing him two generations before David. The genealogical accounts show minor spelling variations (Salmon, Salma, Salmah) across biblical books and ancient versions, but consistently identify the same individual in the Messianic line. This occurrence in Ruth 4:21 continues the genealogy from verse 20, moving from Salmon through Boaz to Obed to Jesse to David—a lineage that ultimately leads to Jesus.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name (with conjunction) of Boaz's father in the genealogy of Ruth. Ruth 4:21 states 'and Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed' in the climactic genealogical conclusion to the book. The name connects the wilderness generation (Salmon may have been contemporary with the conquest) to the period of the judges (Boaz) to the monarchy (David). The multilingual evidence shows the conjunction ('Y-Salmón' in Spanish, 'et-Salmon' in French), preserving both the connecting function and the proper name in this crucial Messianic genealogy. 1×
AR["وَ-سَلْمُونُ"]·ben["এবং-সলমোন"]·DE["[ושלמון]"]·EN["and-Salmon"]·FR["et-Salmon"]·heb["ו-שלמון"]·HI["और-सल्मोन"]·ID["Dan-Salmon"]·IT["e-Salmon"]·jav["lan-Salmon"]·KO["그리고-살몰이"]·PT["¶ E-Salmon"]·RU["и-Салмон"]·ES["Y-Salmón"]·SW["na-Salmoni"]·TR["ve-Salmon"]·urd["اور-سلمون"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שַׂלמוֹן n.pr.m. father of Boaz Ru 4:21 (𝔊 Σαλμαν, A 𝔊L -μων), = שַׂלְמָה v 20 (𝔊 id.; read prob. -מוֹן), hence שַׂלְמָא 1 Ch 2:11(×2) (Σαλμων), also (as father of Bethlehem, on identity v. Be NowRuth) v 51, 54 (Σαλωμων, 𝔊L Σαμ(α)α)—? read שַׂלְמוֹן in all.