Given name
Shalmai
“Yah envelops”
Shalmai is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשלמי
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Shalmai means “Yah envelops.”
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Where it comes from
Shalmai is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb slm (שמל), “to envelop.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Shalmai appears in Ezra 2:46.
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Shalmai’s family of names
See also 19
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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