שֶׁלֶם
šelem
sacrifice for alliance
Strong's H8002NounHebrewTWOT 2401b

שֶׁלֶם (šelem) is a Hebrew noun meaning sacrifice for alliance. It appears 87 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8002).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2401b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2401b)sacrifice for alliance, friendship, peace-offering; requital, thanks; peace offering
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֶׁ֫לֶם noun, masculine: sacrifice for alliance, friendship, peace-offering

Strong's H8002 שֶׁלֶם: properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks
KJV:peace offering.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2401: שָׁלֵם šālēm — be complete, sound; finished, ended, uninjured; make safe, make whole, good, restore, make good, pay, requite, recompense, reward; be performed, be repaid, requited; make an end of; be safe, be, make, completed, be friendly…

See it in Scripture

Exodus 20:24Leviticus 3:1Numbers 6:14

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