שְׁלַם shᵉlam — to complete, to restore

pronounced shel-am' · Strong's H8000 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Haph'el, Pe'il

Translated in the KJV as deliver, finish.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7999; to complete, to restore.

shᵉlam in each stem

Haph'el 2×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperative 1Perfect (qatal) 1

הַשְׁלֵ֕ם Ezra 7:19 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. (KJV)

וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ Dan 5:26 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (KJV)

Pe'il 1×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

שְׁלִֽם Ezra 5:16 Participle (passive), masculine singular

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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