re: #1270 Kosh’s Shadow

In Hebrew, Shalom not only means peace, but wholeness. Someone who is complete, or whole, is at peace with himself; a group of people who are whole are also at peace with each other.

And I’m curious what other Hebrew words from the S-L-M root might mean something akin to “Islam” in Arabic. I think the whole “it comes from the same root” argument is specious as applied to either Hebrew or Arabic when it comes to standard lexical meaning. I’ll look into it further, but my gut tells me that saying “when Arabs say peace, they really mean submission” is a stretch. Maybe even a slur.