Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek,king of Complete,548 has brought out bread and wine, and himself is priest to el of uppermost one.549
Footnote:
| 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 |