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shalom
[ shah-lawm; English shuh-lohm ]
/ ʃɑˈlɔm; English ʃəˈloʊm /
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interjection Hebrew.
peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell).
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Also sho·lom [Ashkenazic Hebrew shaw-luhm, shoh-] /Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈʃɔ ləm, ˈʃoʊ-/ .
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Cultural definitions for shalom
shalom
[ (shah-lohm, shuh-lohm) ]
A Hebrew word used to mean both “hello” and “good-bye”; literally, it means “peace.”
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