Salmon (biblical person)

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Salmon (other spelling: Salas ) was the father of Boaz , the redeemer and Ruth's second husband.

etymology

The Hebrew personal name שַׂלְמֹון śalmôn , German 'Salmon' may have arisen through metathesis from the noun שַׂמְלָה śamlāh "coat". It is then the short form of a nominal sentence name, consisting of subject and predicate, whereby the subject (and at the same time theophore element ) is missing and only the predicate is retained. The name in this case means "(God) is coat".

The Septuagint gives the name as Σαλμαν Salman , the Vulgate as Salma .

Mentions in the Bible

At the end of the book of Ruth it is described how Ruth became King David's great-grandmother . The last five verses list David's family tree beginning with his ancestor, Perez , a son of Judah . Salmon is thus David's great-great-grandfather (Ruth 4,18-22 LUT ).

The first book of Chronicles contains a detailed list of the descendants of Judah. In this Salmon is also mentioned (1. Chr. 2,11 LUT ).

Salmon is mentioned twice in the New Testament. Both mentions belong to the family tree of Joseph , the bridegroom of Mary , the mother of Jesus ( Luke  3, 32  LUT and Matthew  1, 4-5  LUT ). Matthew also mentions that Salmon fathered the Boaz with Rahab.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Salmon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Boaz's father, ancestor of King David
DATE OF BIRTH before 10th century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Bethlehem or during the desert period after leaving Egypt
DATE OF DEATH before 10th century BC Chr.