The name "Jerusalem" is variously etymologized to mean "foundation (Semitic yry' 'to found, to lay a cornerstone') of the pagan god Shalem";[42][43] the god Shalem was thus the original tutelary deity of the Bronze Age city.
Shalim (ล alฤm, Shalem, Ugaritic: ๐๐๐, romanized: ล LM) is a god in Canaanite religion, mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (Ras Shamra) in Syria.