shalom

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ʃɑːˈloʊm/
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/ʃɑːˈloʊm/ · /ʃəˈləʊm/

Definition of shalom

6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

intj

  1. (Judaism)A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
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intj

  1. (Judaism)A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

noun

  1. (countable)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.”
  2. (Judaism, uncountable)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

  1. To greet somebody with "shalom".

name

  1. 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 but none have filed formal police complaints, and no charges have been filed.”
  2. 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.”

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Etymology

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

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