shalom
peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell).
- Also sho·lom [Ashkenazic Hebrew shaw-luhm, shoh-] /Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈʃɔ ləm, ˈʃoʊ-/ .
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How to use shalom in a sentence
The shooter then moved on to the Village shalom retirement community, where a woman was killed on the scene.
Hate—and Hitler—in the Heartland: The Arrest of Frazier Glenn Miller | John Avlon, Caitlin Dickson | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReason: Israel's closure of the Kerem shalom commercial crossing following shooting of rockets.
The tanks were seen about 150 meters over the border line close to the Kerem shalom crossing.
When I said, “shalom, Officer” he seemed less than impressed.
Yesterday, Rabbi Menachem Chai shalom Froman left this world.
Sar shalom, head of the Jewish congregation of Ispahan, 434.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) | Heinrich GraetzIf we did not wish to join in the dancing, but wanted to leave, they would just say 'shalom'—'go in peace but come again.'
Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago | Hannah TragerFor this they had to employ shalom Cohen, a turn-coat, who had formerly belonged to the ranks of the reformers.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz"shalom Aleichem," he began, his tongue faltering a little over the old Hebrew greeting he had not used for so long.
The New Land | Elma Ehrlich Levinger
Cultural definitions for shalom
[ (shah-lohm, shuh-lohm) ]
A Hebrew word used to mean both “hello” and “good-bye”; literally, it means “peace.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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