![]() ![]() If he spoke Syriac Aramaic, he would of said “Alaha”. In Biblical Aramaic Aramaic, Jesus would of refered to God as “Elah”, which cognates to the Arabic word “Allah”. The first thing to notice is that Jesus used this greeting of peace after His resurrection. Shalam is often used in terms of making restitution.Īfter His death and resurrection, Jesus used this greeting three times when He met with His disciples (John 20:19-29). It comes from the root word shalam (shaw-lame’) which means to make amends or to make whole or complete. ![]() Peace in Hebrew The Hebrew word translated as peace is shalom (shaw-lome’), and according to Strong’s concordance, it means completeness, soundness, and welfare. This is God’s love for us that never changes. Hesed: It can be defined as God’s loving kindness, steadfast, covenantal loyal, and faithful love. The Aramaic word for God is אלהא Elāhā ( Biblical Aramaic) and ܐܠܗܐ Alāhā ( Syriac), which comes from the same Proto- Semitic word (* ʾil-) as the Arabic and Hebrew terms Jesus is described in Mark 15:34 as having used the word on the cross, with the ending meaning “my”, when saying, “My God, my God, why hast Thou …Īrabic salām (سَلاَم), Maltese sliem, Hebrew Shalom ( שָׁלוֹם), Ge’ez sälam (ሰላም), Syriac šlama (pronounced Shlama, or Shlomo in the Western Syriac dialect) (ܫܠܡܐ) are cognate Semitic terms for ‘peace’, deriving from a Proto-Semitic *šalām. Root ר-ח-מ is also the one used many times in the Unqelos translation for Hebrew א-ה-ב = love. Within the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Peace be with you (in Greek: “Εἰρήνη πᾶσι”, in Latin: “Pax vobiscum”) is the initial liturgical greeting by a bishop or priest during divine services. 5 How to say ‘Peace be upon you’ in Aramaic?Īramaic and Classical Syriac use Shlama ‘allāwkhon (ܫܠܡܐ ܥܠܘܟ̣ܘܢ), which means “peace for you”.3 What is the Hebrew word for God’s love?.1 What is peace be with you in Aramaic?. ![]()
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