What is "s-l-m"

Shin- Lamedh- Mem is the triconsonantal root of many Semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The root meaning translates to "whole, safe, intact". Its earliest known form is in the name of Shalim, the ancient God of Dusk of Ugarit. Derived from this are meanings of "to be safe, secure, at peace", hence "well-being, health" and passively "to be secured, pacified, submitted".

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• East Semitic S-L-M
• South Semitic "S-L-M"
  • Ge'ez: ሰላም S-L-M
• Northwest Semitic Š-L-M
  • Canaanite Š-L-M (c.f. Shalem)

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Arabic , Maltese sliem, Hebrew Shalom , Ge'ez sälam (ሰላም), Syriac šlama (pronounced Shlama, or Shlomo in the Western Syriac dialect) are cognate Semitic terms for 'peace', deriving from a Proto-Semitic *šalām-.

Given names derived from the same root include Solomon ( Süleyman), Selim, Salem, Salim, Salma, Salmah, Selimah, Shelimah, Salome, etc.

Arabic, Maltese, Hebrew and Aramaic have cognate expressions meaning 'peace be upon you' used as a greeting:

• Arabic 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-ʻalaykum as-salām).
• Hebrew shalom aleikhem, is the equivalent of the Arabic expression, the response being עליכם שלום, aléichem shalóm, 'upon you be peace'.
• Maltese sliem għalikom.
• Neo-Aramaic šlama 'lokh, classically , šlām lakh.