šalāmum

Compare Arabic سَلِمَ (salima, “to be safe”) and Biblical Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šɔlém, “to be sound, complete”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈlaː.mum/

šalāmum m (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. health, physical well-being
2. welfare (of country, city, etc.)
3. truth, correct behaviour

šalāmum (G, i, durative išallim, perfect ištalim, preterite išlim, imperative šilim, verbal adjective šalmum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to be(come) healthy, well, intact, in good condition, safe
   • Shu-ila to Marduk, Shu-ila to Nabu‎, lines 9-11:

     𒀭𒀫𒌓 𒂗 𒃲𒌋 𒀭 𒆸𒉡𒌑
     𒀸 𒆠𒂍𒅗 𒆤𒋾 𒇻𒌒𒆪𒂁 𒇻𒍑𒅆𒈠
     𒇻𒍑𒌓𒈥 𒀭𒌓𒅗 𒂊𒈠𒌑𒍝𒈠𒊒 𒇻𒊌𒋗𒌓

     [Marduk, bēl rabû, ilu rēmēnû / ina qibītka kitti lubluṭ lušlimma / luštammar ilūtka ēma uṣammaru lukšud]

     ⸢^dAMAR⸣.UTU EN GAL^u DINGIR reme-nu-u₂ / [ina qi₂]-bit-ka kit-ti lu-ub!(KU)-luṭ lu-uš-lim-ma / [lu]-⸢uš⸣-tam-mar DINGIR⸢^ut⸣-ka e-ma u₂-ṣa-ma-ru lu-uk-šu-ud

     O Marduk, great lord, merciful god / let me live (and) be healthy [at] your true command / that I may praise your divinity! May I obtain whatever I wish for.

2. to receive full payment, obtain financial satisfaction

   𒋳𒈠 𒄿𒈾 𒀀𒊮 𒆷 𒄿𒊩𒅆 𒄿𒈾 𒋡𒋡𒅈 𒀀𒅆 𒄿𒊩𒅆

   [šumma ina eqlim lā išallim, ina qaqqar ālim išallim.]

   šum-ma i-na A.ŠA₃ la i-šal-lim i-na qa-qa-ar a-lim i-šal-lim

   If he is not satisfied with (a field of corresponding value) outside (of the city), he will be (with one) inside the city.

3. to succeed, prosper
4. to be(come) favorable
5. to complete

• šalāmu (non-mimated)

• “šalāmu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šalāmu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag