Given name & surname
Sallai
“heaping up”·“highway making”
Sallai is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewסלוא
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Sallai means “heaping up” or “highway making.”
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Where it comes from
Sallai is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb salal (סלל), “to cast or heap up.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Sallai appears in Numbers 25:14, Nehemiah 12:7, Nehemiah 12:20.
- Numbers 25:14
- Nehemiah 12:7
- Nehemiah 12:20
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Sallai’s family of names
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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