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# salmon

noun (a salmon, salmon; salmon); adjective (salmon — the colour)

«salmon» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A salmon is a large silver fish that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#m1)
2. Salmon is the pink flesh of this fish eaten as food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#m2)
3. Salmon (or salmon pink) is an orange-pink colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons the salmon's life cycle is famous: born in a river, it grows up in the sea and swims back upstream, even jumping waterfalls, to lay eggs where it was born. In everyday life salmon is a healthy food with fats good for the brain. Phrases: «salmon run», «smoked salmon», «tinned salmon», «salmon pink».

### Examples

- Salmon swim up the river to lay their eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x1)
- Bears catch salmon as they jump up the waterfall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x2)
- We had grilled salmon for dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x3)
- Smoked salmon is good on toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x4)
- The salmon's flesh is pink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x5)
- Her dress was salmon pink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x6)
- At this moment a fine salmon swam slowly up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/#x7)

### Note

The «l» is silent: SAM-un. Plural is usually the same: «one salmon, ten salmon». As food it is uncountable: «some salmon». Salmon is a fish, so it is an animal with gills, not a mammal.

## In Jewish tradition

Here Salmon is a man's name, an ancestor of King David.

**Interpretation.** He is listed in the family line from Judah through Boaz to David at the end of the book of Ruth.

### Examples

- and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon; (Writings RUT.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/salmon/#x1)
- and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed; (Writings RUT.4.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/salmon/#x2)

### Note

The «l» is silent: SAM-un. Plural is usually the same: «one salmon, ten salmon». As food it is uncountable: «some salmon». Salmon is a fish, so it is an animal with gills, not a mammal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «salmon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«salmon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/salmon.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «salmon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/salmon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«salmon» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/salmon.html) on Mova free.