sha.lem is a proper place name, identified in Genesis with Melchizedek's city and left implicit in Psalm 76:3.

The attested forms function as a proper place name: Genesis 14:18 explicitly names the city ruled by Melchizedek, while Psalm 76:3 uses the name in a setting where God breaks weapons of battle.

1. Proper name of a place · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Genesis 14:18 the form identifies the place of which Melchizedek is king; the APB renders the clause "Melchizedek king of Salem." In Psalm 76:3 the same proper form occurs in the verse describing God breaking "the flashes of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle," though the APB does not explicitly reproduce the place name there.

   Genesis 14:18Psalm 76:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly gives "Salem" in Genesis 14:18, but Psalm 76:3 presents the battle scene without an explicit English place name. Its omission does not determine the term's contribution in Psalm 76:3.