shalom

[ shah-lawm; English shuh-lohm ]
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interjectionHebrew.
  1. 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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shalom

[ (shah-lohm, shuh-lohm) ]


A Hebrew word used to mean both “hello” and “good-bye”; literally, it means “peace.”

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