שְׁלָם
shelam · peace, well-being
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H8001 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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shelam (שְׁלָם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “peace, well-being”.
(Aramaic). It is the greeting of letters, like the Hebrew "shalom".
How to say it
she·lam
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Well-being (Aramaic); a letter greeting.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 4:17
The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions who live in Samaria and the rest of the other side of the river: Peace. And now:
- Ezra 5:7
They sent a message to him, and thus was written in it: “To Darius the king: all peace.
- Daniel 4:1
King Nebuchadnezzar, to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: May your peace increase!
- Daniel 6:25
Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that live in all the earth: “May your peace increase!