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שָׁלֵם

sa.lemto completeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb116 occurrences25 books107 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
Traditional renderings: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלֵם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

116 total
  1. Genesis 44:4שִׁלַּמְתֶּ֥ם · have you repaid
    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
  2. Exodus 21:34יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם · shall make restitution
    …the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
  3. Exodus 21:36שַׁלֵּ֨ם · he shall pay full compensation; יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם
    But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
  4. Exodus 22:1יְשַׁלֵּם֙ · he must repay
    “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
  5. Exodus 22:3שַׁלֵּ֣ם · A thief must make full restitution; יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם
    But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
  6. Exodus 22:4יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ס · he must pay back
    If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
  7. Exodus 22:5יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ס · he must make restitution
    If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
  8. Exodus 22:6שַׁלֵּ֣ם · must make full restitution; יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם
    If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
  9. Exodus 22:7יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם · must pay back
    If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
  10. Exodus 22:9יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם · must pay back
    In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
  11. Exodus 22:11יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ · restitution
    …an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
  12. Exodus 22:12יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם · he must make restitution
    But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
  13. Exodus 22:13יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃פ · make restitution
    If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
  14. Exodus 22:14שַׁלֵּ֥ם · he must make full restitution; יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃
    If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
  15. Exodus 22:15יְשַׁלֵּ֑ם · restitution is required
    If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
  16. Leviticus 5:16יְשַׁלֵּ֗ם · he must make restitution
    Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
  17. Leviticus 6:5וְשִׁלַּ֤ם · restitution in full
    …or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
  18. Leviticus 24:18יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה · must make restitution
    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
  19. Leviticus 24:21יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה · must make restitution
    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
  20. Deuteronomy 7:10וּמְשַׁלֵּ֧ם · He repays; יְשַׁלֶּם־ · to repay
    But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
  21. Deuteronomy 20:12תַשְׁלִים֙ · to make peace
    But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
  22. Deuteronomy 23:21לְשַׁלְּמ֑וֹ
    If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  23. Deuteronomy 32:41אֲשַׁלֵּֽם׃ · and repay
    …when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  24. Joshua 10:1הִשְׁלִ֜ימוּ · had made peace
    Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
  25. Joshua 10:4הִשְׁלִ֥ימָה · they have made peace
    “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
  26. Joshua 11:19הִשְׁלִ֙ימָה֙ · made peace
    No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
  27. Judges 1:7שִׁלַּם־ · has repaid
    Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  28. Ruth 2:12יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם · repay
    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
  29. 1 Samuel 24:19יְשַׁלֶּמְךָ֣ · reward you
    When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
  30. 2 Samuel 3:39יְשַׁלֵּ֧ם · repay
    And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
  31. 2 Samuel 10:19וַיַּשְׁלִ֥מוּ · they made peace
    When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
  32. 2 Samuel 12:6יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם · he must pay
    Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
  33. 2 Samuel 15:7וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֛ם · to fulfill
    After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
  34. 2 Samuel 20:19שְׁלֻמֵ֖י · [among the] peaceable
    I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
  35. 1 Kings 7:51וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ · was completed
    So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
  36. 1 Kings 9:25וְשִׁלַּ֖ם · So he completed
    Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
  37. 1 Kings 22:44וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ם · also made peace
    Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
  38. 2 Kings 4:7וְשַׁלְּמִ֖י · and pay
    She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
  39. 2 Kings 9:26וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥י · so will I repay
    ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
  40. 1 Chronicles 19:19וַיַּשְׁלִ֥ימוּ · they made peace
    When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
  41. 2 Chronicles 5:1וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ · was completed
    So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
  42. Nehemiah 6:15וַתִּשְׁלַם֙ · was completed
    So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
  43. Job 5:23הָשְׁלְמָה־ · will be at peace
    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
  44. Job 8:6וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם · and restore
    …if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
  45. Job 9:4וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ · and prospered
    God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?