sha.a.lim is the name of a land through which Saul's party passed while searching.

The attested use identifies a land in the route through which the search party passed in 1 Samuel 9:4.

1. A named land on a travel route · dominant

   In 1 Samuel 9:4, the form is tagged as a proper noun and occurs in the clause describing the party's passage through a land. The APB renders the route as passing through "the land of Shaalim" during the unsuccessful search.

   1 Samuel 9:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 9:4, the APB presents the term as "the land of Shaalim." This identifies the verse's place-name presentation rather than a separate lexical rendering.