Biblica Analytica
H5543C Hebrew

סַלוּא

sa.lu

Salu

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Salu
Transliteration
sa.lu
Strong's Number
H5543C
Occurrences
1
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Analytical Synthesis of סַלוּא (Salu) Based on the lexical data provided, סַלוּא (Salu) is a Hebrew proper noun that appears only once in the biblical text. As a name occurring in a single instance, it functions as an identifier for a specific individual rather than as a word with semantic range or variable usage patterns. The lexicon classifies it as a distinct entity (H5543C), suggesting it may refer to a particular person in the biblical narrative, though the single occurrence severely limits what can be determined about its significance or broader usage. The rarity of this name's appearance in Scripture means that traditional methods of semantic analysis—which rely on comparing multiple contexts to understand meaning and nuance—cannot be applied. The word's significance must remain anchored to its solitary biblical reference, and any conclusions beyond identifying it as a personal name would exceed the evidence provided by the lexical data alone.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H5543C
Lemma
סַלוּא
Transliteration
sa.lu
Definition
Salu
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text