שַׁלְוָה, preced. art.) security, ease, contentment, happiness. Gen. R. s. 84 בשעה … יושבין בש׳ וכ׳ when the righteous dwell at ease, and desire to remain at ease in this world, Satan comes &c. Ab. IV, 15 אין … משַׁלְוַת הרשעים וכ׳ it is beyond our power to understand why the wicked are at ease, or why the righteous suffer. Gen. R. s. 49 עיקר שַׁלְוָותָהּ של סדום וכ׳ the real undisturbed prosperity of Sodom lasted only &c. Gen. R. s. 10, end, v. שַׁאֲנָן. Num. R. s. 12³ רק בעיניך תביט שַׁלְוָתְךָ ‘thou shalt behold with thine eyes’ (Ps. XCI, 8) thy happiness. Yoma 86ᵇ, v. תַּקָּלָה; a. fr.