Lexical Definition

‎שָׁלֵם‎ Shâlêm (shaw-lame') Salem ^N:N--L
the same as ‎שָׁלֵם‎; peaceful

Salem.

• § Salem = "peace"
• Shalem, an early name of Jerusalem

1) the place of which Melchizedek was king
1a) most Jewish commentators affirm that it is the same as Jerusalem

See Greek: Σαλήμ

Extended Information

name of: יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

• Salem = "peace"
• most Jewish commentators affirm that it is the same as Jerusalem
• Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (‎י‎ְ‎רו‎ּ‎ש‎ָׁ‎ל‎ִַ֫‎ם‎, ‎י‎ְ‎רו‎ּ‎ש‎ְׁ‎ל‎ֵ‎ם‎ "Jerusalem" יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎שָׁלֵם‎ proper name, of a location abbreviated from ‎יְרוּשָׁלַםִ‎ (q. v.), and perhaps (Gunk Dr) intended as archaism Gen 14:18, compare (poetry) Ps 76:3* (|| ‎צִיּוֺן‎); see Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 1:10»i. 10}, 2; ᵐ5 Σαλημ and (Psalms) εἰρήνη.

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