Lexical Definition

‎שָׁלוֹם‎ shâlôwm (shaw-lome') peace ^H:N-M
or שָׁלֹם shâlôm (shaw-lome'); from ‎שָׁלַם‎

[idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.

• safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly
• also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
1a) completeness (in number)
1b) safety, soundness (in body)
1c) welfare, health, prosperity
1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
1e) peace, friendship
1e1) of human relationships
1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
1f) peace (from war)
1g) peace (as adjective)

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‎שָׁלוֺם‎₂₃₇ noun masculine^{Isa 54:13} completeness, soundness, welfare, peace (Lag^{BN 174}); — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Gen 29:6 +; ‎שָׁלֹם‎ (rare) Ezek 13:16 +; construct ‎שְׁלוֺם‎ Gen 37:14 +; suffix ‎שְׁלוֺמִי‎ Ps 41:10* +, etc.; plural (all dubious) ‎שְׁלוֺמִים‎ Jer 13:19; Ps 69:23* suffix ‎שְׁמָֹיו‎ Ps 55:21* —

1. completeness in number, ‎הָגְלָת שְׁלוֺמִים‎ Jer 13:19 Judah is wholly carried captive (but read ‎גָּלוּת שְׁלֵמָה‎, compare Amos 1:6 so ᵐ5 We^Amos SS Buhl).

2. safety, soundness, in body, ‎אֵין שָׁלוֺם בַּעֲצָמַי‎ Ps 38:4* ‎לְשָׁלוֺם‎ Isa 38:17 ‎שָׁלוֺם אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:141c»§ 141c}) Job 5:24 is safe, secure.

3. welfare, health, prosperity: ‎׳‎‎לשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎שָׁאַל לפ‎ ask one about welfare Gen 43:27 (J), Exod 18:7 (E), Judg 18:15 + 7 t., compare 2Sam 11:7 (3 t. in verse); pregnantly ‎ירד לשׁלום‎ 2Kgs 10:13 descend (to ask) about welfare of, compare 1Sam 17:18; Jer 38:4 ‎׳‎‎הלד לשׁ‎ Exod 4:18 (E) + 5 t.; ‎׳‎‎עלה לשׁ‎ Gen 44:17 (J), 1Sam 25:35 ‎׳‎‎דבּר לשׁ‎ Gen 37:4 (JE); ‎׳‎‎שָׁלוֺם ל‎ be well with Gen 29:6; Gen 43:23; Gen 43:28 (J), Judg 6:23; Judg 19:20; 1Sam 20:7; 1Sam 20:21 + 10 t., 2Kgs 4:26 (3 t. in verse); ‎שָׁלוֺם בְּ‎ Ps 122:7; Ps 122:8 may it be well in; absolute as object of ‎אָמַר‎ well, be well, ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Gen 29:6 (J), 2Sam 18:28; 2Kgs 9:11; 2Kgs 9:17; 2Kgs 9:18; 2Kgs 9:19; 2Kgs 9:22; Jer 6:14 (twice in verse) + 10 t.; ‎הֲשָׁלוֺם אֲבִיכֶם‎ (Ges^{«GKC:141c»§ 141c}) Gen 43:27 (J); ‎בּ(וֺ)אֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ 1Sam 16:4 (see Dr), 1Kgs 2:13 ‎׳‎‎אֵין שׁ‎ Jer 6:14 + 3 t.; ‎לרשׁעים‎ ‎׳‎‎אין שׁ‎ Isa 48:22; Isa 57:21 but ‎ראה‎ ‎רשׁעים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 73:3 ‎׳‎‎רֹב שׁ‎ Ps 37:11; Ps 72:7 ‎׳‎‎פ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁאל שׁ‎ Ps 122:6 ‎׳‎‎דרשׁ שׁ‎ (|| ‎טוב‎) Deut 23:7*; Ezra 9:12 ‎יוֺסִיפוּ לָךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 3:2 ‎׳‎‎בַּשׁ‎ Job 15:21 in time of prosperity.

4. peace, quiet, tranquility, contentment, Isa 32:17 (|| ‎וָבֶטַח הַשְׁקֵט‎); ‎׳‎‎שָׁכַב בשׁ‎ Ps 4:9* (to sleep); depart life ‎׳‎‎בְּשׁ‎ in tranquillity Gen 15:15 (R^JE), 1Kgs 2:6 + 3 t., ‎יְבוֺא‎ Isa 57:2 ‎׳‎‎אַחֲרִית לְאִישׁ שׁ‎ Ps 37:37 ‎׳‎‎בא בשׁ‎ Exod 18:23 (E) come in contentment; ‎׳‎‎ארץ שׁ‎ Jer 12:5 ‎׳‎‎נְוֵה שׁ‎ (|| ‎מבטחים‎) Isa 32:18, compare Jer 25:37 ‎מִפָּ֑חַד‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Job 21:9 ‎ולשׁלומים לְמקֵשׁ‎ Ps 69:23* security, (let it) become a trap (but ᵐ5 Aq Symm Theod Jerome ‎׳‎‎וּלְשִׁלּוּמִים וּלְמ‎, Du (compare ᵑ7) ‎וּשְׁלָמִים‎ peace-offerings, and ‎שֻׁלְחָן‎ v^a).

5. peace, friendship:
a. human relations: ‎אֱנוֺשׁ שְׁמִֹי‎ Jer 20:10 man of my friendship, compare Jer 38:22; Obad 1:7; Ps 41:10* ‎בין‎ ‎׳‎‎עֲצַת שׁ‎ Zech 6:13 ‎׳‎‎יֹעֲצֵי שׁ‎ Prov 12:20 (‎אֵת‎, ‎עִם‎) ‎׳‎‎דבּר שׁ‎ Ps 28:3; Ps 35:20; Jer 9:7* ‎׳‎‎בקּשׁ שׁ‎ Ps 34:15* ‎׳‎‎ידע שׁ‎ Isa 59:8 ‎׳‎‎דֶּרֶךְ שׁ‎ vIsa 59:8 ‎שׁלּח‎ ‎׳‎‎בשׁ‎ Gen 26:29 (J); ‎׳‎‎הלן בשׁ‎ vGen 26:31 (J), 1Sam 29:7 + 4 t.; ‎׳‎‎שׁוב בשׁ‎ 2Sam 15:27 || ‎צדקה‎ in Messianic reign Ps 72:3.
b. peace with God, especially in covenant relation: Isa 54:10 ‎ברית‎ covt. of my peace, compare Num 25:12 (P), Ezek 34:25; Ezek 37:26, also Mal 2:5 ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ as name of altar Judg 6:24 ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁם שׁ‎ Num 6:26 (P); ‎׳‎‎בֵּרַךְ בשׁ‎ Ps 29:11 ‎׳‎‎חפץ שׁ‎ Ps 35:27 ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎עשׂה שׁ‎ Jer 33:9 ‎׳‎‎מֵאֵת אָסַף שׁ‎ Jer 16:5 (|| ‎חסד‎); ‎אֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎דבּר שׁ‎ Ps 85:9* ‎׳‎‎נתן שׁ‎ Hag 2:9 ‎׳‎‎מחשׁבות שׁ‎ Jer 29:11 man subject ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎עשׂח שׁ‎ Isa 27:5 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎הלן בשׁ‎ Mal 2:6. In this sense || ‎אֶדֶק‎ Ps 85:11*, || ‎אְדָקָה‎ Isa 54:13; Isa 60:17, || ‎שִׂמְחָה‎ Isa 55:12, is like a river Isa 48:18; Isa 66:12 ‎עַליֿשׂראל‎‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Ps 125:5; Ps 128:6, ‎׳‎‎רָב לְאֹהֲבֵי דוֺרָדֶ֑ךָ שׁ‎ Ps 119:165; ‎׳‎‎מוּסַר שׁ‎ Isa 53:5 chastisement for our peace (but SS Buhl ‎שִׁלֻּמֵינוּ‎).

6. peace from war: (‎ל‎) ‎׳‎‎עשׂה שׁ‎ make peace (with) Josh 9:15; Job 25:2 ‎בארץ‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן שׁ‎ Lev 26:6 (H); ‎בין‎ ‎׳‎‎ובין שׁ‎ Judg 4:17; 1Sam 7:14; 1Kgs 5:26* ‎׳‎‎קרא (ל)שׁ‎ Deut 20:10; Judg 21:13; Mic 3:5 ‎׳‎‎שׁוב בשׁ‎ Josh 10:21 (E), Judg 8:9; Judg 11:31 ‎׳‎‎בא בשׁ‎ 2Sam 19:25*; 2Sam 19:31* + 7 t.; ‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎היה שׁ‎ 1Kgs 5:4* + 3 t., compare 2Sam 17:3 (see Dr); ‎׳‎‎בקּשׁ שׁ‎ Ezek 7:25 ‎׳‎‎מלאכי שׁ‎ Isa 33:7 ‎רָשֶׁקֶט‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן שׁ‎ 1Chr 22:9 ‎׳‎‎מוֺצְאֵת שׁ‎ Song 8:10 ‎(ו)אמת‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 39:8 = 2Kgs 20:19 + 3 t., compare Zech 8:19 ‎׳‎‎עֵת שׁ‎ Eccl 3:8 ‎׳‎‎בְּשׁ‎ 1Kgs 2:5 in time of peace; ‎׳‎‎שַׂר שׁ‎ Isa 9:5* (Messianic title), compare ‎׳‎‎זֶה שׁ‎ Mic 5:4*.

7. as adjective ‎שְׁמָֹיו‎ Ps 55:21* those at peace with him (read ‎˜שֹׁלְמָיו‎ Bae Buhl Du, or ‎שְׁלֵטָיו‎ SS; ᵐ5 apparently ‎שִׁלּוּמָיו‎).

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