BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7759
shu.lam.mit — Shulammites
People descended from Shulam(?), first mentioned at Sng.6.13 § Shulamite = "the perfect" or "the peaceful" the heroine lover of the Song of Songs (of Solomon)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The same, as some think, with “Shunammite,” from “Shunem:” otherwise, the import of the word is uncertain (Cant. 6:13; R.V., “Shulammite”).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
