šlm

šlm

Definition: To be whole, sound; Common Semitic noun *šalām-, well-being, welfare, peace. 1a. shalom; shalom aleichem, from Hebrew šālōm, well-being, peace, from šālēm, to be safe, sound; b. Absalom, from Hebrew ^ɔabšālōm, my father (is) peace (see b). 2. schlemiel, perhaps from the Hebrew personal name šǝlūmî^ɔēl, my well-being (is) God, from šǝlūm, well-being, variant bound form of šālôm (see above; ^ɔēl, God; see l-1). 3. Solomon, from Hebrew šǝlōmōh, his (God's) peace, from šǝlōm, bound form of šālôm (see above). 4. Salome, from a Hebrew personal name akin to šǝlōmît, Shelomith (biblical name), from šālôm (see above). 5. salaam, from Arabic salām, well-being, peace, from salima, to be safe, sound. 6a. Islam, from Arabic ^ɔislām, submission, from ^ɔaslama, to surrender, resign oneself; b. Muslim, Mussulman, from Arabic muslim, one who surrenders, active participle of ^ɔaslama (see above). Both a and b from from Aramaic (Syriac) ^ɔašlem, to make peace, surrender, derived stem of šlem, to be whole.