sha.al.vim is used as a proper place name in territorial, settlement, and administrative lists.

The term is consistently used as a proper place name: it appears in a territorial list, among places inhabited by the Amorites, and in an administrative assignment.

1. Proper place name · dominant

   All three occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Joshua 19:42 the APB renders it within a list of places, “And Shaalbim and Aijalon and Ithlah”; in Judges 1:35 it is named among the locations where the Amorites persisted in dwelling; and in 1 Kings 4:9 it occurs in Ben-deker’s listed area.

   Joshua 19:42Judges 1:351 Kings 4:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Shaalbim” in each cited verse, within lists or a settlement statement. It confirms the place-name presentation without isolating further nuance.