Genesis 14:18
וּ מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק מֶלֶךְ שָׁלֵם הֹוצִיא לֶחֶם וָ יָיִן וְ הוּא כֹהֵן לְ אֵל עֶלְיֹון
And Melchizedek,king of Complete,548 has brought out bread and wine, and himself is priest to el of uppermost one.549
| 548 | Melchizedek (#4442) King of Salem (#8004). Salem is an early name of Jerusalem and is from the root shalem (#8003) which means complete, full, perfect. This one word speaks powerfully to the Hebrew concept of complete/incomplete inherent in the language. The name Salem appears in one other passage, “And he is in Complete [Salem], his tabernacle and his dwelling place in Zion.” Psalm 76:2 literal |