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shalem

shalem


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Shalem 
  perfect,  a  place  (probably  the  village  of  Salim)  some  2  miles 
  east  of  Jacob's  well  There  is  an  abundant  supply  of  water, 
  which  may  have  been  the  reason  for  Jacob's  settling  at  this 
  place  (Gen.  33:18-20).  The  Revised  Version  translates  this  word 
  and  reads,  "Jacob  came  in  peace  to  the  city  of  Shechem,"  thus 
  not  regarding  it  as  a  proper  name  at  all 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Shalem,  same  as  Salem