how to say “to pay” and some related words in Hebrew
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לְשַׁלֵּם
The Hebrew word for to pay – לְשַׁלֵּם – comes from the same root as that of the word שָׁלוֹם – hello, goodbye and, more famously, peace. The root is שׁ.ל.מ (sh.l.m), and the unifying concept is completion: payment is the completion of a transaction, while peace involves a sense of completion or settlement.
– comes from the same root as that of the word שָׁלוֹם – hello, goodbye and, more famously, peace. The root is שׁ.ל.מ (sh.l.m), and the unifying concept is completion: payment is the completion of a transaction, while peace involves a sense of completion or settlement.
Here’s an example of לשלם in action:
אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לְשַׁלֵּם דֶּרֶךְ אֲתַר הָאִינְטֶרְנֶט.
I want to pay through the website.
לשלם is an active-intensive verb. Its passive version is often used in commerce, as in:
הַסְּכוּם הַמָּלֵא שֻׁלַּם בַּזְּמַן.
The full amount was paid on time.
Some related words:
תַּשְׁלוּם – payment
תַּשְׁלוּמִים – payment installments (plural of תשלום)
לְהַשְׁלִים – to complete
מֻשְׁלָם – perfect
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