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What is Shalom?
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שָׁלוֹם, שָׁלֹם
Few translations are:
Peace
being whole
intact
prosperity
kindness
salvation
Also the name שְׁלֹמֹה is derived of this root.
We see also this name for Canaanite god SÒaÒlim/SèaÒleÒm. (Perhaps the same component as in Jerusalem.)
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Genesis 14:18 וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן וְה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְאֵ֥ל עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.