Shalom (Hebrew)

Shalom in Hebrew letters

Blackboard with the components of שלום

Rainbow flag on an Easter march with the Hebrew spelling for Shalom and the Arabic for Salām

The Hebrew term shalom ^{? / i} [שלום] (English spelling: shalom, in Ashkenazi pronunciation also Schulem or Scholem ) initially means integrity and salvation . But the term not only means liberation from every calamity and misfortune, but also health, welfare, security, peace and tranquility, and it is one of the most common greetings in Israel .

“The peace that alone reconciles and strengthens, calms us and brightens our facial image, frees us from restlessness and bondage through unsatisfied desires, gives us the awareness of what has been achieved, the awareness of duration, in the midst of our own transience and that of all Externals. "

- Claude JG Montefiore : 1858–1938, Jewish scholar and founder of the " World Union for Progressive Judaism "

Shalom is already a central word in the Tanakh and therefore the usual greeting among Jews . It is also used as a goodbye. The word is based on the root š - l - m , which is meaningful in the Semitic language area, and is closely related to the Arabic Salām .

The name of King Solomon goes back to the same root.

Web links

• Rüdiger Liwak:  Peace / Shalom. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (eds.): The scientific biblical dictionary on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff., Accessed on January 12, 2012.

Remarks

1. ↑ The vowels are usually not written in Semitic languages.