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SinShin (letter)

Shin is the twenty-first letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic ....
-LamLamedh

Lamed or Lamedh is the twelfth letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic alphab...
-MimMem

Mem is the thirteenth letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew and Arabic alphabet ....
(Hebrew: ??? Š-L-M, Arabic: ? ? ? S-L-M) is the triconsonantal root of many semiticSemitic

In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now ca...
 words, and many of those words are used as names. The root itself translates as "whole, safe, intact".

In Arabic:

  • Taslim — "receiving SLM" — to receive a salutation or becoming submitted
  • Mostaslim — "wanting to receive SLM" — no longer seeking opposition/conflict, the one who is submitted
  • alem — "subject of SLM" — its SLM, "the vase is SLM", "the vase is whole/unbroken"
  • Musalam — "undisputed"


In Hebrew:

  • shalem (???) — whole, complete
  • lehashlim (??????) — to complete, fill in
  • mushlam (?????) — perfect
  • leshallem (????) — to pay
  • tashlum (?????) — payment
  • shillumim (???????) — reparations
  • lehishtallem (??????) — to be worth it, to "pay"

Salam "peace"

Arabic Salam , Hebrew ShalomShalom

Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace....
 ( ????), Ge'ezGe'ez alphabet

Ge'ez is an abugida script which was originally developed to write Ge'ez, a Semitic language....
 salam (???), Syriac šlama ( ????) are cognate Semitic terms for "peace", deriving from a Proto-Semitic .
The word salam is used in a variety of expressions and contexts in Arabic and Islamic speech and writing. Al-SalamAl-Salam

The name Al-Salam may mean:* One of the 99 Names of God...
 is one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an, and also a male given name in conjunction with abd. Abd Al-Salam translates to Slave of Al-Salaam (i.e. Slave of Allah.)

In Hebrew, the equivalent of the word is Shalom. It is also the root word of the names SolomonSolomon

Solomon or Shlomo is a figure described in Middle Eastern scriptures as a wise ruler of an empire centred on the uni...
 (Süleyman), SelimSelim

Selim is a Turkish given name meaning Peace....
, etc.

The Koine GreekKoine Greek Summary

Koine Greek refers to the forms of the Greek language used in post-classical antiquity ....
 New TestamentNew Testament

The New Testament , sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, and sometimes also New Covenant...
 text uses eireneEirene

Eirene or Irene was an ancient Greek artist described by Pliny the Elder....
for 'peace', which perhaps represents Jesus saying 'šlama'. In the epistleEpistle

An epistle is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of persons, usually a letter and a very formal, often didactic...
s, it often occurs alongside the usual Greek greeting chairein in the phrase 'grace and peace'. However, comparison of the Greek SeptuagintSeptuagint

The Septuagint is the name commonly given in the West to the ancient, Koine Greek version of the Old Testament translated i...
 and Hebrew Masoretic Old TestamentOld Testament

The Old Testament or the Hebrew Scriptures constitutes the first major part of the Bible used by Christians....
 texts shows some instances where shalom was translated instead as soteria (s?t???a, meaning "salvation").

Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic have cognate expressions meaning "peace be upon you" used as a greeting:
  • Arabic As-Salamu ?AlaykumAs-Salamu Alaykum

    As-Salamu `Alaykum is an Arabic language greeting used in Muslim cultures....
    , this expression is used to greet others and is an Arabic equivalent of "hello". The appropriate response to such a greeting is "and upon you be peace" (wa `alaykum as-salam).
  • Hebrew shalom aleichemShalom aleichem

    Shalom aleichem is a greeting in Hebrew, meaning "Peace be upon you"....
    .
  • Neo-Aramaic  šlama 'loukh, classically , šlamâ ‘laik.

Islam "piety, faith"

The word Islam is a verbal nounVerbal noun

A verbal noun is a noun formed directly as an inflexion of a verb or a verb stem, sharing at least in part its constructions...
 derived from s-l-m, meaning "submission" (i.e. entrusting one's wholeness to another)

The word is given a number of meanings in the Qur'anQur'an

The Qur'an , is the central religious text of Islam....
. In some verses (ayat), the quality of Islam as an internal conviction is stressed: "Whomsoever God desires to guide, He expands his breast to Islam." Other verses connect islam and dinDeen (Arabic term)

Deen is an Arabic word usually translated as "way" or "path." In Islam, deen consists of living according to the laws pres...
(usually translated as "religion"): "Today, I have perfected your religion (din) for you; I have completed My blessing upon you; I have approved Islam for your religion." Still others describe Islam as an action of returning to God—more than just a verbal affirmation of faith.

Given names

  • Salman
  • Selim
  • Shlomo, SolomonSolomon

    Solomon or Shlomo is a figure described in Middle Eastern scriptures as a wise ruler of an empire centred on the uni...
     (Hebrew: ????)
  • Shlomit, SalomeSalome

    Salome or Salom, the Daughter of Herodias, like Dismas, or the various names of the Three Magi, is a name given ...
     (Hebrew: ??????)
  • SuleimanFacts About Suleiman (name)

    Suleiman, Sulayman, Sulaiman, Sleyman, or Solyman is a male Arabic given name that means "Man of Pea...