1 Samuel 16:4:151 Sam.16.4.W15TAB
שָׁלֹ֥ם
shalom
“peace”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOM
- Extended
- shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- peace
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-LOM
- phraseyour reading level
sha-LOM BO-e-kha
- clause
va-ye-kher-DU zik-NE ha-IR lik-ra-TO va-yo-MER sha-LOM BO-e-kha
- sentence
va-ya-AS she-mu-EL ET a-SHER dib-BER Ye-ho-VAH va-ya-BO BET LA-khem va-ye-kher-DU zik-NE ha-IR lik-ra-TO va-yo-MER sha-LOM BO-e-kha
Exegesis
Finally, the vav-consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ introduces the interrogative greeting shalom-boecha {שָׁלֹ֥ם בּוֹאֶֽךָ | šālôm bōʾēḵā}, framing arrival in terms of relational harmony.
Root and etymology
š-l-m
“peace, completeness”
In context — 1 Samuel 16:4
And Samuel did what the LORD commanded, and he came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city trembled to meet him, and they said, “Is your coming in peace?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:4:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 16:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁלֹ֥ם (shalom) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.16.4.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.4.W15.S1) and character.