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šlm, šlmˀ (šəlām, šəlāmā) n.m. wellbeing; peace
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wellbeing, safety
Common Aramaic
TAD A6.6 .1↗ תנה [לי שלם אף תמה לך אל]היא שלם ישמו‏ : all is well with me here; may the gods grant wellbeing for you there ; Dan 3:31↗ שְׁלָמְכוֹן יִשְׂגֵּא‏ : may you be very well ; DuShara-Araa 3 stele 3↗ ˁl šlmh wšlm bnwhy : for his well-being and his sons' well-being ; 4QTob b4.3.7=07:4↗ ידעין אנ[ח]נ̇א לה השלם הוא‏ : we know him; is he well? ; CPA Psalms37:4↗ ܘܠܝܬ ܐܣܘ ܠܒܣܪܝ ܡܢ ܩܘܕܡ ܐܧ̈ܝ ܕܪܓܘܙܟ ܘܠܐ ܫܝܠܡ ܠܓܪܡܝ‏ : there is no healing for my flesh before Your anger, nor wellness for my bones ; JBABowl 15.1:12↗ אסותא ושלמ^א מן^ שמיה‏ ; BT San 96a(47)↗ שלם למלכא חזקיה שלם לקרתא ירשלם ש̇ל̇ם לאלהא רבא‏ : well-being to King PN! Well-being to the City of Jerusalem! Well-being to the great God!
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(ellipt. in letters and other greeting formulas: may you be well) : greetings
Common Aramaic
AssOstr.1↗ ˀl ˀ]ḥy prwr ˀḥwk blṭr šlm : to my brother PN1, your brother PN2: greetings! ; TAD A2.1 R.1↗ שלם בית בתאל ובית מלכת שמין אל אחתי נניחם‏ : greetings of the temple of Beth-El and of temple of the Queen of Heaven; to my sister PN ; Ezra 5:7↗ לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא שְׁלָמָא כֹלָּא‏ : to King Darius: all well being! ; TgO Gen43:27↗ וֻשאֵיל לְהוֹן לִשלָם‏ ; JulSok 469(231):7↗ ܕܠܐ ܐܬܘ ܗܘܘ ܠܫܠܡܗ ܕܡ݁ܠܟܐ‏ : that they have not come to greet the emporer ; P Gn43:27↗ ܘܫܐ݂ܠ ܒܫܠܡܗܘܢ‏ : he asked how they were ; P Lk1:29↗ ܡܵܢܵܐ ܗܼܘ ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܗܵܢܵܐ‏ : what is this greeting? ; BT Ned 8a(21)↗ ליזיל ויתיב על פרשת דרכים ויהיב שלמא לבי עשרה‏ : let him go and sit at the crossroads, and he will give greetings to ten people ; GY 141:22↗ uamarnalẖ šlama ˁlak ašdum qarabtana malka ḏalma : we said to him: greetings to you PN the warrior, king of the world
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contentment
PTA
TN Gen15:15↗ ואת תתכנש"תיעול" לות אבהתך בשלם‏
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agreement, treaty relations
OA, OAEast, Syr
Sf.3 a8↗ wˀšlḥ mlˀky ˀ[l]wh lšlm ˀw lkl ḥpṣy : should I send my messenger to him for a peace treaty or anything of my needs ; AECT.58 1.10↗ wšmw šlm bynyhm : they established an agreement between themselves ; Mari 14:25 ܟܬܒ ܠܗ ܕܝܢ ܫܠܡܐ‏ : he wrote him an adjudication of agreement
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peace
Common Aramaic
BukânStele 2↗ blḥmh | ˀw | bšlm : in war or in peace ; PAT1064:1.2↗ ˀsṭrṭgˀ dy ˁbd šlmˀ btḥwmy mdytˀ : the general who made peace in the city's territory ; TgJ Jer12:5↗ וְאֵיכְדֵין אַת מְדַמֵי לְמִרהַט כִקבֵיל סוּסָוָתָא בְבִקעֲתָא וֻבאֲרַע שְלָמָא אַת מִתבְטַח וְנָפֵיל‏ : so how do you think to ride against the horses in the valley while you are sure you are on peaceful ground and fall ; OS MtCur5:9↗ ܛܘܒܝܗܘܢ ܠܥܒ̈ܕܝ ܫܠܡܐ ܕܗܢܘܢ ܒ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܢܬܩܪܘܢ‏ : blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God ; BT San 107b(26)↗ כי הוה שלמא‏ : when peace was restored ; ATS 2.5:2103↗ arba gubria bnia šlama hinun : the four men are the sons of peace
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(ellipt.: may the departed one be blessed with peace)
Palmyrene
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1567[782]DJPA: 554aDJBA: 1151aJastrow: 1586Drower/Macuch: 467a,bJ. Payne-Smith: 582Levy Ch-W: 2:488Tal Sam: 903DNWSI: 1146DCPA[Schulthess]: 426[208]DJA: 83aQumran: 237

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