šalāmum

Akkadian
Root
š-l-m
3 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

šalāmum m (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

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

Verb

šalāmum (class i) (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:
      ⸢dAMAR⸣.UTU EN GALu 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
      Marduk, bēl rabû, ilu rēmēnû
      ina qibītka kitti lubluṭ lušlimma
      luštammar ilūtka ēma uṣammaru lukšud
      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
  3. to succeed, prosper
  4. to be(come) favorable
  5. to complete

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive šalāmum
Participle šālimum
Adjective šalmum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ašallim ašlim aštalim lušlim
2.sg m tašallim tašlim taštalim šilim
f tašallimī tašlimī taštalmī šilmī
3.sg išallim išlim ištalim lišlim
1.pl nišallim nišlim ništalim i nišlim
2.pl tašallimā tašlimā taštalmā šilmā
3.pl m išallimū išlimū ištalmū lišlimū
f išallimā išlimā ištalmā lišlimā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁲 (SILIM, DI)
  • 𒄀 (GI) (Neo-Babylonian)

References
  • “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
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