aleichem shalom

[ Sephardic Hebrew ah-le-khem shah-lawm; Ashkenazic Hebrew uh-ley-khuhm -shaw-luhm ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew ɑ lɛˈxɛm ʃɑˈlɔm; Ashkenazic Hebrew əˈleɪ xəm ˈʃɔ ləm /

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interjection Hebrew.

a conventional greeting, meaning “peace to you”: used in reply to the greeting shalom aleichem.

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