Aramaic word · H8000

שְׁלֵם

shelim

be complete

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

1) to be complete, be finished, be sound

1a) (P'al) finished (participle)

1b) (Aphel) to finish, bring to an end, render in full

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 5:16 שְׁלִֽם׃ [it is] finished

    So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

  2. Ezra 7:19 הַשְׁלֵ֕ם make complete

    You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 5:26 וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃ and he has finished it

    And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.