When King David conquered the city from the Canaanite tribe of Jebusites in 1000 BCE (2 Sam. 5:6-10), he hebraicized the old Canaanite name Urusalim (which means something like “founded by Shalim”) to Yerushalayim, the city of shalom, the city of peace.
It is intriguing that the word Shalom (root: ש.ל.מ SH–L–M) is connected with such verbs as לְהַשְׁלִים “leHaShLim”, which means “to complete” and לְשַׁלֵּם “leShaLem” which means “to pay”. This is a clear example of how the Hebrew language manages to deliver a beautiful message: paying one’s debts and completing our endeavors is our way to achieve true peace.
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