How to Pronounce Salem
SAY-lehm
Salem is pronounced SAY-lehm (ˈseɪləm): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: SAY-lem, SAY-luhm.
What does Salem mean?
Salem means “complete or perfect peace”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Salem?
Peace, commonly supposed to be another name of Jerusalem (Gen. 14:18; Ps. 76:2; Heb. 7:1, 2).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
SAY-lem
SAY-luhm
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