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שָׁלֵם Salem

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 370×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An early name of Jerusalem. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 14:18 and last at Psalms 76:3.

Genesis 14:18בראשית יד:יח

וּמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הוֹצִיא לֶחֶם וָיָיִן וְהוּא כֹהֵן לְאֵל עֶלְיֽוֹן

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

Psalms 76:3תהלים עו:ג

וַיְהִי בְשָׁלֵם סֻכּוֹ וּמְעוֹנָתוֹ בְצִיּֽוֹן

In Salem also is set His tabernacle, And His dwelling-place in Zion.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Salem?

Salem — שלם in Hebrew — has a gematria of 370 in the standard method.

How many times is Salem named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Genesis 14:18.

A spelling is not a name. The written word שלם stands 40 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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