The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

ṣlm, ṣlmˀ (ṣlem, ṣalmā) n.m. image

1 image (physical) Com. ThbK1 55:2 : ܨܠܡܐ ܐܝܬܘܗ ܬܘܩܢܐ ܐܘܡܢܝܐ ܕܩܢܼܐ ܡܣܒܗܘܬܐ ܠܗܿܘ ܕܕܝܠܗ ܗܘ ܨܠܡܐ an image is an artistic construction that has similarity to that which it is an image of. P Gn1:27 : ܒܪܼܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܐܕܡ ܒܨܠܡܗ . BT Ket 33b(23) : אילמלא נגדוה לחנניה מיש׳ ועזר׳ פלחו לצילמא had they lashed PN, PN2, and PN3, they would have worshiped the idol. (a) picture JBA. BT BQ 23b(9) : דשף צלמי (the animal) rubbed off the pictures (on the wall). (b) engraved image on a coin JBA. (b.1) person (uncertain) Syr.

2 idol Jud, Syr, JBA, JBAg. P Lv26:1 : ܕܚ̈ܠܬܐ ܘܨ̈ܠܡܐ . P 2K11:18 : ܘܨ̈ܠܡܘܗܝ ܬܒܪܘ . P 2Ch24:18 : ܦܠܚܘ ܠܨܠܡ̈ܐ . Rev 13:14 ; . (a) marionnette Syr. DeMundo 152:2 : ܟܕ ܢܬܠܘܢ ܒܚܕܐ ܡܿܢܬܿܐ܂ ܥܿܒܕܝܢ ܠܗ ܠܩܕܠܗ ܕܨܠܡܐ ܕܢܬܙܝܥ by hanging with a string they make the neck of the marionette move.

3 constellation Syr. (a) ܪܲܒܵܐ : saggitarius Syr. (b) ܬܪܸ̈ܝܢ ܨܠܡ̈ܐgemini Syr. (b.1) alone: JBA.

4 form, appearance BA^Dan, JBA. Dan3:19 : בֵּאדַיִן נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הִתְמְלִי חֱמָא וּצְלֵם אַנְפּוֹהִי אשתנו/#ק#אֶשְתַּנִּי then PN was filled with rage and his face's appearance changed. BT Pes 55b(25) : דפסוד להי ביעי מיצילמא the eggs have deteriorated lit. lost their form].

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1290[630]; DJPA: 465b; DJBA: 966a; Jastrow: 1284; Drower/Macuch: 393b, 387b; Payne-Smith: ~3396; J. Payne-Smith: 480; Levy Ch-W: 2:327; Tal Sam: 733; DNWSI: 968; DCPA[Schulthess]: 356[171];

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Derivatives:

byt ṣlmyn n.m. pagan temple

ṣlm vb. D to form

mṣṭlmnw, mṣṭlmnwtˀ (meṣṭalləmānū, meṣṭalləmānūṯā) n.f. formation

ṣwlm, ṣwlmˀ (ṣullām, ṣullāmā) v.n.D formation

ṣlm div. Salmu

ṣlmh, ṣlmtˀ (ṣalmā, ṣlemtā) n.f. image of a woman

ṣlmwn, ṣlmwnˀ (ṣalmōn, ṣalmōnā) n.m. small image

ṣlmyw, ṣlmywtˀ n.f. embroidery

ṣlmlm vb. Qt to be formed

ṣlmn (ṣalmān, ṣalmānā) n.m. statue, idol

ṣlmnw, ṣlmnwtˀ (ṣalmānū, ṣalmānūṯā) n.f. likeness of an image

ṣlmny, ṣlmnytˀ (ṣalmānī, ṣalmānīṯā) n.f. small female idol (?)

ṣlmny (ṣalmānāy) adj. image-like

ṣlmnˀyt (ṣalmānāˀīṯ) adv. as an image

ṣlmnyw, ṣlmnywtˀ (ṣalmānāyū, ṣalmānāyūṯā) n.f. worth of being named in a simile ?