shalom
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shalom¹
- /ʃɑːˈloʊm/
- /ʃəˈləʊm/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.
interjection
- A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
noun shaloms
- The traditional Jewish greeting of "shalom". He exchanged shaloms with a group of young people coming out of the synagogue and turned left toward a corner.
- Peace. In Hebrew, bonai shalom means “builders of peace,” and the congregation welcomes both Jews and non-Jews to participate in all aspects of the community.
verb shaloms · shaloming · shalomed
- To greet somebody with "shalom".
Shalom²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm).
proper noun Shaloms
- A surname from Hebrew. Silvan Shalom, Israel’s vice prime minister and also its interior minister, is stepping down from both posts and as a member of Knesset, he announced in a statement on Sunday. […] According to Israeli media, nearly a dozen women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Shalom
- A unisex given name from Hebrew. When she was 9, Shalom and her younger sister were napping under a table at their mother’s restaurant in Nigeria. Her mom, unaware of the sleeping girls below, placed a pot of hot oil on the table. Someone accidentally knocked the pot over, scalding the sisters.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ish, hallo, jehovah, brit, sharon, hello, sholom, shaharith, shaharit, lechayim, shacharis, shema, shirah, simcha, hallah, kriat shema
Translations
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intj transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell
| Español | shalom |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 샬롬 syallom |
| 日本語 | シャローム sharōmu, シャーローム shārōmu |
| 中文 | 沙洛姆 shāluòmǔ, 沙龍 /沙龙 shālóng |
| हिन्दी | शालोम śālom |
| Português | shalom |
| Français | shalom |
| Deutsch | Schalom, Shalom |
| Ελληνικά | σαλόμ salóm |
| Română | șalom, шалом șalom |
| Русский | шало́м šalóm |
| العربية | شَلُوم šalōm |
| עברית | שָׁלוֹם shalóm |
Talk about this word "shalom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shalom. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shalom. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shalom "shalom." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shalom.Cite this
@misc{shalom_2026,
title = {shalom},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shalom},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
