When you have determined what the usage means, enter a phrase that indicates the meaning at the top of a column and put the citation underneath, then enter all subsequent citations that seem to share the same meaning. For significant cases, enter a subtitle next to the citation. You may find you need to add pieces of paper to your chart to add new columns or make room for a long list of entries. As a class, we will construct a pie chart to represent the meaning of each word and we will compare our findings to those of other biblical scholars. When Joshua makes a treaty with the Gibeonites, he makes shalom with them.
Peace is described as an absence of conflict between family members.
In contrast with Yoder, Westermann tries to determine what the earliest or original meaning of shalom is, as though this is a purer meaning of the word. The following are quotations The Hebrew word shalom is formed from a verb that means to make something complete, to make something whole or holistic. Since shalom means the wholeness of a community, it is not really possible to speak of peace between A and B. Shalom can never represent something that exists between two entities, such as between two groups, two parties, two persons, and so forth. In each case, the relationship between the two units could be described as an agreement, a contract, a covenant, or something similar, but shalom should not be used to describe the relationship. Shalom can only be present when the totality of existence, both inner and outer if you will, is whole or complete.