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"Shalom" (in blue) and "Salaam" (in green) mean "peace" in Hebrew and Arabic respectively and often represent a peace symbol.

Sin-Lam-Mim (Hebrew: שלם Š-L-M, Arabic: س ل م S-L-M) is the triconsonantal root of many semitic words, and many of those words are used as names. The root itself translates as "whole, safe, intact".

In Arabic:

Taslim — "receiving SLM" — to receive a salutation or becoming submitted
Mostaslim — "wanting to receive SLM" — no longer seeking opposition/conflict, the one who is submitted
alem — "subject of SLM" — its SLM, "the vase is SLM", "the vase is whole/unbroken"
Musalam — "undisputed"

In Hebrew:

shalem (שלם) — whole, complete
lehashlim (להשלים) — to complete, fill in
mushlam (מושלם) — perfect
leshallem (לשלם) — to pay
tashlum (תשלום) — payment
shillumim (שילומים) — reparations
lehishtallem (להשתלם) — to be worth it, to "pay"

1 Salam "peace"
2 Islam "piety, faith"
3 Given names
4 Notes

[edit] Salam "peace"

Arabic Salām ( سلام ), Hebrew Shalom ( שלום), Ge'ez ሠላም śalām, Syriac šlama ( ܫܠܡܐ) are cognate Semitic terms for "peace", deriving from a Proto-Semitic *šalām. The word salām is used in a variety of expressions and contexts in Arabic and Islamic speech and writing. Al-Salam is one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an, and also a male given name in conjuction with abd. Abd Al-Salam translates to Slave of Al-Salaam (i.e. Slave of Allah.)

In Hebrew, the equivalent of the word is Shalom. It is also the root word of the names Solomon (Süleyman), Selim, etc.

The Koine Greek New Testament text uses eirēnē (εἰρήνη) for 'peace',^[1] which perhaps^{[citation needed]} represents Jesus saying 'šlama'. In the epistles, it often occurs alongside the usual Greek greeting chairein (χαίρειν) in the phrase 'grace and peace'.

Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic have cognate expressions meaning "peace be upon you" used as a greeting:

Arabic As-Salamu ʿAlaykum (السلام عليكم), this expression is used to greet others and is an Arabic equivalent of "hello". The appropriate response to such a greeting is "and upon you be peace" (wa `alaykum as-salām).
Hebrew shalom aleichem.
Neo-Aramaic ܫܠܡܐ ܥܠܘܟ šlama 'loukh, classically ܫܠܡܐ ܥܠܝܟ, šlāmâ ‘laik.

[edit] Islam "piety, faith"

The word Islām is derived from the triliteral s-l-m, more particularly, from the noun silmun "submission"^[2]

The word is given a number of meanings in the Qur'an. In some verses (ayat), the quality of Islam as an internal conviction is stressed: "Whomsoever God desires to guide, He expands his breast to Islam."^[3] Other verses connect islām and dīn (usually translated as "religion"): "Today, I have perfected your religion (dīn) for you; I have completed My blessing upon you; I have approved Islam for your religion."^[4] Still others describe Islam as an action of returning to God—more than just a verbal affirmation of faith.^[5]