Shalleketh — the meaning of the Hebrew name שַׁלֶּכֶת

שַׁלֶּכֶת

Shalleketh · pronounced shal-leh'-keth · Strong's H7996 · a man

Shalleketh means Shalleketh, a gate in Jerusalem.

Built from

שַׁלֶּכֶת shalleketh (the same as, H7995) — a felling (of trees) open in the lexicon ›

the same as H7995; Shalleketh, a gate in Jerusalem.

1Chr 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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