Page 16 - Shalom: The Peace That Comes From Being Whole

actually asking you whether you are whole,
complete, in one piece. They want assurance
that no part of you—fingers, toes, legs, arms,
etc. is missing or broken. The root meaning
of our familiar greeting word םולש (shalom)
is םלש (shalem) whole, complete. If you are
whole, you’re probably well and at peace....
It is interesting to note that the English
greeting “Hail!” has the same meaning as םולש
(shalom), namely, “being whole.” “Hale” in the
expression “hale and hearty” is from the same
word as “hail.”
I think this is a good place to interject some of
Mr. Horowitz’s words he listed from the root
word shalem. I will use just a few to show the
ideas we will look at in Bible words.
םלש – to pay for something, carries the mean-
ing, to restore or make whole again. By paying
a person for what you took from him you fill
the gap you created in his possessions when
you first took it.
תומלש – entirety
םולשת – payment
םומלש – payment
םולשה − ...either “made peace” or “made
whole,” the word going back to either םולש
(shalom) or םלש (shalem)
We have made our own limited wheel show-
ing the Hebrew root shalem and a very few
words that grow from it.

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