šꜣrm

Egyptian

Etymology

From a Northwest Semitic form reflected in Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālōm).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɑrɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: sharem

Noun

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1. (Late Egyptian) peace
   • c. 1208 B.C.E., Merneptah Stele, Line 26:

     wrw p(ꜣ)ḫd ḥr ḏd šꜣrm

     The overthrown princes are saying ‘Peace!’

Usage notes

This is not the ordinary Egyptian word for ‘peace’ but a strongly marked word mostly used in the context of texts relating to foreign Semitic peoples.

Verb

1. (intransitive, Late Egyptian) to sue for peace

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1930) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 4, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 528.7–528.10