שלם

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Aramaic

Verb

שלם • (transliteration needed)

  1. to be whole, to be complete
  2. to follow, to agree
  3. to obey

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ל־ם (sh-l-m)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

שָׁלֵם • (shalém) (feminine שְׁלֵמָה, masculine plural שְׁלֵמִים, feminine plural שְׁלֵמוֹת)

  1. complete, intact
    • ברכת תשובה
      הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ אָבִינוּ לְתוֹרָתֶךָ, וְקָרְבֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֶךָ, וְהַחֲזִירֵנוּ בִתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה לְפָנֶיךָ.
      Bring us back, our Father, to Your Torah; and draw us close, our King, to Your worship; and return us with complete repentance before You.
    • בעז בנאי, פריז בחורף
      אחד בתוך שניים לא יכול להיות שלם.
      ekhad b'tokh shnayim lo yakhol lihyot shalem.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

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Verb

שָׁלַם • (shalám) (pa'al construction)

  1. (biblical) to be safe (mind, body or state)
  2. (biblical) to be resigned to a treaty or covenant
  3. (archaic, poetic) to be finished, to be over, to be completed

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁלַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁלַמְתִּי שָׁלַמְנוּ
second שָׁלַמְתָּ שָׁלַמְתְּ שְׁלַמְתֶּם1 שְׁלַמְתֶּן1
third שָׁלַם שָׁלְמָה שָׁלְמוּ
present שׁוֹלֵם שׁוֹלֶמֶת שׁוֹלְמִים שׁוֹלְמוֹת
future first אֶשְׁלַם נִשְׁלַם
second תִּשְׁלַם תִּשְׁלְמִי תִּשְׁלְמוּ תִּשְׁלַמְנָה2
third יִשְׁלַם תִּשְׁלַם יִשְׁלְמוּ תִּשְׁלַמְנָה2
imperative — — — —2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁלַמְתֶּם and שָׁלַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Verb

שִׁלֵּם • (shilém) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of שילם

Proper noun

שָׁלֵם • (Shalem)

  1. Salem, the place of which Melchizedek was king, mostly identified with Jerusalem

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