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title: שָׁלֵם — Salem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁלֵם (8004), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Salem. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁלֵם

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«שָׁלֵם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Salem** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 8004 · **BDB:** שָׁלֵם³

### Glosses

Salem (1); of.Salem (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Salem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8004/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8004/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. abbrev. from יְרוּשָׁלַם (q.v.), and perhaps (Gunk Dr) intended as archaism Gn 14:18, cf. (poet.) ψ 76:3 (‖ צִיּוֹן); v. JosAnt. i, 10, 2; 𝔊 Σαλημ and (ψ) εἰρήνη.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁלֵם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8004/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 76:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.3/)

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וַיְהִ֣י בְשָׁלֵ֣ם סֻכּ֑וֹ וּמְע֖וֹנָת֣וֹ בְצִיּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and it.was in Salem lair his and den his in Zion

*JPS 1917:* In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.

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[Genesis 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.18/)

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וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙מַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן וְה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְאֵ֥ל עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Melchizedek Melchizedek the.king of.Salem he.brought.out bread and wine and he \[was\].a.priest of God Most.High

*JPS 1917:* And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.

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