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# שָׁלֵם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8003

**complete** — used 28 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

complete [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8003/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁלֵם²: adj. complete, safe, at peace [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8003/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. complete, safe, at peace;—שׁ׳ Gn 15:16 +; pl. שְׁלֵמִים Gn 34:21; Na 1:12; f. שְׁלֵמָה Dt 25:15 +; pl. שְׁלֵמוֹת 27:6 Jos 8:31;— complete: full, perfect: אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה full weight Dt 25:15; Pr 11:1, אֵיפָה שׁ׳ Dt 25:15; of עָוֹן Gn 15:16 (JE); number of captives Am 1:6, 9; of army Na 1:12 (text corrupt; 𝔊 משֵׁל מַיִם, but?; v. Comm.); of reward Ru 2:12; of stones, whole (in natural condition, unhewn) Dt 27:6; Jos 8:31 (cf. law Ex 20:25). finished: i.e. hewn stones 1 K 6:7; temple 2 Ch 8:16. safe, unharmed, of pers. Gn 33:18 (P; Sam. שׁלוֹם, cf. בשׁלום 28:21; not n.pr.loc. as Vrss). in covt. of peace, friendship, c. אֵת Gn 34:21 (P); לֵבָב שָׁלֵם עִם י׳ a mind at peace with י׳, keeping covt. relation, hence complete, perfect, 1 K 8:61; 11:4; 15:3, 14; c. אֶל 2 Ch 16:9, אֶל om. 2 K 20:3 = Is 38:3 (לֵב), 1 Ch 12:38; 29:19; 2 Ch 15:17; 19:9; 25:2; לֵב 1 Ch 28:9; 29:9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: complete (19); \[is\] complete (2); full (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 11:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.1/#tree)

מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* balances of.deceit \[are\].(the).abomination of.Yahweh and a.weight perfect pleasure \[is\].his

*JPS 1917:* A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a perfect weight is His delight.

[2 Chronicles 25:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.2/#tree)

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה רַ֕ק לֹ֖א בְּלֵבָ֥ב שָׁלֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.did the right in the.eyes of.Yahweh only not with a.heart complete

*JPS 1917:* And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a whole heart.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8003.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8003/): 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).