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# שֶׁלֶם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8002

**sacrifice for alliance** — used 87 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

sacrifice for alliance [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8002/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֶׁ֫לֶם: Pi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8002/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sacrifice for alliance or friendship, ‘peace-offering’ (expl. disputed: orig. sacrif. for alliance Di; al. peace-offering (mark of peace with God), 𝔊Sm K Pr εἰρηνική, De StaG i. 496 WeHeid. 71 (fellowship between God and worshippers); welfare-offering, 𝔊 elsewhere σωτήριον, Ke; thank-offering (as due rendered for benefit, or in paying vow, cf. √ Pi. 4, and Pr 7:14) Ges Ew Kn; sacred meal its special feature: v. RSSem. i. 219; 2nd ed. 237; NowArch. ii. 211f. GFMEncy. Bib. Sacrifice, § 11; Assyrian šulmu = שֶׁלֶם is cited by J JeremEncy. Bib. Ritual, § 11);—cstr. שׁ׳ Am 5:22; elsewhere pl. שְׁלָמִים Ex 24:5 + 69 times; cstr. שַׁלְמֵי Lv 10:14; sf. שְׁלָמֶ֫יךָ Ex 20:24, etc.; pl. is abstr. intens. Lv 7:13; Nu 6:17 (P) +; pl. of no. Ex 24:5 (JE), 1 S 11:15 +; usually hard to decide; שׁ׳ (in app.) defines זְבָחִים Ex 24:5 (JE), and so זבח of covt. of Horeb is שׁ׳, as also sacrifice for Saul 1 S 11:15; foll. phr. shew שׁ׳ essentially = זבהים in like phr. (v. זבח); שׁ׳ coming to mean ז׳ in all ritual; over against עוֹלוֹת Ex 20:24; 32:6 (JE), Lv 6:5 (P), Dt 27:7; Jos 8:31 (D), Ju 20:26; 21:4; 1 S 13:9; 2 S 6:17, 18; 24:25; 1 K 3:15; 9:25; 1 Ch 16:1, 2; 21:26; 2 Ch 31:2; Ez 43:27; 45:17; 46:2, 12; so in longer lists Lv 9:4, 22; Nu 6:14; 29:39 (P), 1 K 8:64(×2); 16:13; 2 Ch 7:7; 29:35; Ez 45:15, 17; 46:12; and when שׁ׳ alone Lv 7:14, 33; in P שׁ׳ defines ז׳ in cstr. sg. or pl.: Ex 29:28 Lv 3:1 + 34 times P, Lv 17:5; 19:5; 22:21; 23:19 (H), so 1 S 10:8; 1 K 8:63; 2 Ch 30:22; 33:16; Pr 7:14; ז׳ שׁ׳ of H and P incl. תודה, נדר, נדבה Lv 7:12, 16, and so זבח תודה שׁ׳ v 13, 15; שׁ׳ disting. from (larger) ז׳ in lists שָׁ׳, ז׳, עולות Jos 22:27 (P); נדר, ז׳, עלה Nu 15:8 (P); שׁ׳ disting. from נְדָבָה Ez 46:12 (where may = either of other two); from נדרים, נדבות Nu 29:39 (P) (and must then ref. to תודות); from נדר Nu 15:8 (P); appar. then not disting. from תּוֹדוֹת, תּוֹדָה 2 Ch 33:16 being probably specification.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 50 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the peace offerings (23); peace offerings (19); the peace offering(s) (10).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 7:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.14/#tree)

זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* sacrifices of.peace.offerings \[are\].on me this day I.have.paid vows my

*JPS 1917:* 'Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; this day have I paid my vows.

[Leviticus 7:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.11/#tree)

וְזֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת זֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַקְרִ֖יב לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].the.legal.\[procedure\] of.the.sacrifice of the.peace.offering(s) which someone.will.present to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one may offer unto the LORD.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8002.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8002/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).