The meaning of “סַלְכָה”
Understanding Çalkâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Salcah, Salchah. - § Salcah or Salchah = "migration" - Salcah, a place East of the Jordan 1) a town or district at the e...
סַלְכָה
Salcah, Salchah. - § Salcah or Salchah = "migration" - Salcah, a place East of the Jordan 1) a town or district at the extreme eastern limit of Bashan and allocated to the tribe of Gad; modern 'Sulkhad' which is 56 miles (90 km) east of the Jordan at the southern extremity of the Hauran mountain range
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 3:10 | “All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.” Word: סַלְכָה (Çalkâh) | |
| Joshua 12:5 | “And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.” Word: סַלְכָה (Çalkâh) | |
| Joshua 13:11 | “And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;” Word: סַלְכָה (Çalkâh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 5:11 | “And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:” Word: סַלְכָה (Çalkâh) |