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How to say "safety, wellness (Arabic) → get well, bless you (Israeli informal usage)" in Arabic

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Meaningsafety, wellness (Arabic) → get well, bless you (Israeli informal usage)

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

سَلَامَة

salāmaסלאמה

سلامة

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

סלאמה

salamaسَالَامَا

How the two words are related

Loanword

Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).

Arabic root

س-ل-م

Hebrew root

ש-ל-ם

Same س-ل-م/ש-ל-ם root as שלום and this app's own صحتين — salāma is 'safety, soundness', wished over someone recovering or worried about. سلامة قلبك, 'bless your heart', is a common Levantine thank-you that Israeli informal speech has picked up in fragments.

Related Hebrew word:שלוםshalomشَالُوم

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In a phrase

سَلَامَة قَلْبَك
salāmat qalbakסלאמת קלבך

bless your heart

The root family

س-ل-مש-ל-ם· wholeness, peace

The flagship pair: שלום and salām are the same word, from a root meaning wholeness and safety in both languages. Arabic's Form IV verbal noun islām — handing oneself over whole — is built exactly like Hebrew הַשְׁלָמָה, and even שילם "to pay" matches Arabic sallama "to hand over": paying is making someone whole.

  • سَلَام salāmpeaceשָׁלוֹםpeace
  • سَلِمَ salimahe was safe, came out unharmedשָׁלֵםwhole, intact
  • سَلَّمَ sallamahe greeted; handed overשִׁלֵּםhe paid (made whole)
  • إِسْلَام islāmIslam — surrender (to God)הַשְׁלָמָהcompletion; acceptance
  • مُسْلِم muslimMuslim — one who surrenders (to God)מַשְׁלִיםone who completes / accepts
  • سَلَامَة salāmasafety, well-being (as in maʿa s-salāma)

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