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shalom

American  
[shah-lawm, shuh-lohm] / ʃɑˈlɔm, ʃəˈloʊm /
Ashkenazic Hebrew sholom

interjection

Hebrew.

  1. peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell).

shalom Cultural  

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

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And in Jerusalem it was much the same: WELCOME, SHALOM, and PEACE.

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