Commentaire sur La Genèse 34:21
הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה שְֽׁלֵמִ֧ים הֵ֣ם אִתָּ֗נוּ וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ אֹתָ֔הּ וְהָאָ֛רֶץ הִנֵּ֥ה רַֽחֲבַת־יָדַ֖יִם לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם אֶת־בְּנֹתָם֙ נִקַּֽח־לָ֣נוּ לְנָשִׁ֔ים וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ נִתֵּ֥ן לָהֶֽם׃
"Ces hommes sont de bonne foi avec nous; qu’ils résident dans le pays et qu’ils l’exploitent, le pays est assez vaste pour les admettre; nous prendrons leurs filles pour épouses et nous leur accorderons les nôtres.
Rashi on Genesis
שלמים means peaceable and whole hearted.
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Ramban on Genesis
THESE MEN ARE PEACEABLE WITH US. The men of the city thought that they hated them as they saw them dejected, and it angered them very much. Perhaps they guarded themselves against them and installed in their city bars and doors, for Jacob’s sons were mighty men and valiant men for the war.174Jeremiah 48:14. But now Hamor and his son Shechem told them, “Do not fear and do not keep distant from them for they are whole-hearted with us.”
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Sforno on Genesis
שלמים הם אתנו, they are of a totally peaceful disposition towards us. They do not intend to revenge themselves for the indignity their family has suffered.
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