2 Samuel 18:29:32 Sam.18.29.W3TAB
שָׁל֥וֹם
shalom
“peace or well-being”
- Transliteration
- sha-LOM
- Extended
- shaa-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʃaˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- peace or well-being
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 la-NA-ar
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM la-NA-ar le-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh sha-LOM la-NA-ar le-av-sha-LOM va-yo-MER a-khi-MA-ats ra-I-ti he-ha-MON ha-ga-DOL li-shlo-AKH ET-E-ved ha-ME-lekh yo-AV ve-ET-av-DE-kha ve-LO ya-DA-ti MA
Exegesis
The idiomatic question ha-shalom {הֲשָׁלוֹם | hashālôm} literally asks “Is it peace?” as an inquiry into wellbeing.
The double prepositional sequence la-naar le-Avshalom {לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם | la-na‛ar le-Avšālôm} functions as a single indirect object “to the young man Absalom.”
Root and etymology
š-l-m
“peace, completeness”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:29
And the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom ?” And Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and me, your servant, I saw a great crowd , but I did not know what it was.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 18:29, so the Hebrew word שָׁל֥וֹם (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 2 Sam.18.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.29.W3.S1) and character.