Generalized meaning of the word שלום, a homograph?
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:43 am
Without going into specifics, has anyone considered that שלום may be a homograph, from two different roots? That came to mind as I considered a previous thread. I think it might be an idea to throw out as a possibility for consideration as its own thread without arguing the previous thread.
There are a few cases of a root ending in a Heh has a derivative ending in Waw Mem ום- with possibly the most famous being ערום found in Isaiah 20:2–4, Ezekiel 18:16 coming from the root ערה “to make bare, uncovered”. Where we notice it is in Genesis 2:25, where the very next verse, Genesis 3:1, has the exactly same written word meaning “crafty” from the root ערם “act with forethought”. Two different roots, same homograph.
Now we have two other roots:
שלה to be confident, at peace Hiphil give reason for confidence, satisfaction
שלם to make whole, to fill in what was lacking, to fulfill (curses, promises ⇒ to give settlement both pleasing and displeasing) ⇒ to repay, pay back
Is anyone ready to argue that שלום is a homograph from two different roots?
Karl W. Randolph.
There are a few cases of a root ending in a Heh has a derivative ending in Waw Mem ום- with possibly the most famous being ערום found in Isaiah 20:2–4, Ezekiel 18:16 coming from the root ערה “to make bare, uncovered”. Where we notice it is in Genesis 2:25, where the very next verse, Genesis 3:1, has the exactly same written word meaning “crafty” from the root ערם “act with forethought”. Two different roots, same homograph.
Now we have two other roots:
שלה to be confident, at peace Hiphil give reason for confidence, satisfaction
שלם to make whole, to fill in what was lacking, to fulfill (curses, promises ⇒ to give settlement both pleasing and displeasing) ⇒ to repay, pay back
Is anyone ready to argue that שלום is a homograph from two different roots?
Karl W. Randolph.