שָׁלוֹם I, peace, salvation; salutation. Lev. R. s. 9 גדול ש׳ … חותמין בש׳ peace is something great, for all benedictions, good tidings, and consolations … close with peace. Num. R. s. 21, beg. אין כלי … אלא ש׳ no vessel contains blessing but peace; Ukts. III, 12, a. e., v. חָזַק. Ber. 14ᵃ משיב ש׳ וכ׳ may return a salutation to any person. Ib. כל הנותן ש׳ וכ׳ he who offers salutation to his neighbor before prayer, is considered as if he made him a highplace (worshipping man before God). Shebi. IV, 3 ושואלין בשְׁלוֹמָן מפני דרכי ש׳ and you must salute them (gentiles in the field) &c., v. דֶּרֶךְ; Y. ib. 35ᵇ מהו שואלין בשלומן בשְׁלוֹם ישראל ש׳ עליכם how must we salute them? As we salute Israelites, ‘peace be upon you.’ Tam. I, 3 הגיעו … אמרו ש׳ הכל ש׳ when they (the two parties patrolling the Temple) met, they said, ‘peace?’ (answer) ‘all peace’ (everything is in good order); Lev. R. l. c. Sifra Vayikra, Par. 13, ch. XVI מי שהוא ש׳ וכ׳ he who is at peace offers peace-offerings, opp. אונן; v. שָׁלֵם. Ib. the peace-offerings are called sh’lamim, שהכל ש׳ בהן because everything in them is at peace (is turned to use; Yalk. Lev. 458 מְשׁוּלָּמִים). Ber. 39ᵇ (play on the name שלמן) ש׳ אתה וכ׳ thou art peace (perfection), and thy teaching is perfect (v. שָׁלֵם); a. v. fr.—חס וש׳, v. חַס.
שָׁלוֹם I, (adv.) safely, unimpaired. T’bul Yom IV, 7, a. e. שתעלה ש׳ that it will be brought up safely, v. שֶׁבֶר I.—Pl. שְׁלוֹמוֹת. Num. R. s. 1316עושה שני ש׳ וכ׳ produces two conditions of peace, peace above and peace below. Yalk. Is. 340 ארבעה רוב ש׳ וכ׳ (not שלומית) four times in the Scriptures ‘peace’ appears in connection with ‘abundance.’—Ch. v. שְׁלָמָא.
