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shalom

See also: Shalom

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑːˈloʊm/, /ʃəˈləʊm/
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Interjection edit

shalom

  1. A traditional Jewish greeting.

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shalom (countable and uncountable, plural shaloms)

  1. (countable) The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom".
    • 2014, David Morrell, The League of Night and Fog:
      He exchanged shaloms with a group of young people coming out of the synagogue and turned left toward a corner.
  2. (Judaism, uncountable) Peace. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Verb edit

shalom (third-person singular simple present shaloms, present participle shaloming, simple past and past participle shalomed)

  1. To greet somebody with "shalom".

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shalom

  1. shalom (Jewish greeting or farewell)
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