Aramaic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Common Northwest Semitic, Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālōm), Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm /⁠šalōm⁠/), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /⁠šalāmu⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlɑ.mɑ/, [ʃ(ə)lɑmɑ]

Interjection edit

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שְׁלָמָא (transliteration needed)

  1. A greeting; similar to hello.

Noun edit

שְׁלָמָא (šlāmām (uncountable)

  1. peace
  2. perfection
  3. wholeness
  4. health
  5. welfare, safety

Inflection edit

Antonyms edit

References edit

  • šlm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press