Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used as a traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

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  • interjection A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
  • interjection peace.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hebrew šālôm, peace; see šlm in Semitic roots.]

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From Hebrew שלום (shalóm, "peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye"), from Proto-Semitic *šalām- (“peace”).

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Examples

  • For example, the Hebrew word shalom, which is a powerful mantra meaning peace, ends in the primal sound om, which can be accented and elongated to increase its vibratory effects.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • For example, the Hebrew word shalom, which is a powerful mantra meaning peace, ends in the primal sound om, which can be accented and elongated to increase its vibratory effects.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • In fact, one of my favorite words that we hear over and over in the Bible is the Hebrew word shalom, which among other things implies peace, happiness, well-being, wholeness, completeness, and welfare—most of what we mean when we say we want to be “happy.”

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • In Hebrew there is a word "shalom," and it often translated as "peace."

    Dean P. Simmer: Who Is a Real Detroiter? We All Are Dean P. Simmer 2011

  • In fact, one of my favorite words that we hear over and over in the Bible is the Hebrew word shalom, which among other things implies peace, happiness, well-being, wholeness, completeness, and welfare—most of what we mean when we say we want to be “happy.”

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • In Hebrew there is a word "shalom," and it often translated as "peace."

    Dean P. Simmer: Who Is a Real Detroiter? We All Are Dean P. Simmer 2011

  • In fact, one of my favorite words that we hear over and over in the Bible is the Hebrew word shalom, which among other things implies peace, happiness, well-being, wholeness, completeness, and welfare—most of what we mean when we say we want to be “happy.”

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • In fact, one of my favorite words that we hear over and over in the Bible is the Hebrew word shalom, which among other things implies peace, happiness, well-being, wholeness, completeness, and welfare—most of what we mean when we say we want to be “happy.”

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • And the holy place in Jerusalem has always been an attempt to return imaginatively through ritual to that sense of what in Hebrew is called shalom, which is often translated peace, but really means a sense of wholeness and completeness.

    Jordi Savall: Tracing Jerusalem's History In Music 2010

  • And the holy place in Jerusalem has always been an attempt to return imaginatively through ritual to that sense of what in Hebrew is called shalom, which is often translated peace, but really means a sense of wholeness and completeness.

    Jordi Savall: Tracing Jerusalem's History In Music 2010

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  • Shalom (שָ�?לוֹ�?) is a Hebrew and Jewish word meaning peace, Nothing missing, Nothing broken, wellbeing, and complete, and used to mean hello, and goodbye. As it does in English, it can refer to either peace between two entities (especially between man and God or between two countries), or to the well-being, welfare or safety of an individual or a group of individuals. It is also used as a greeting to either say hello or farewell, and is found in many other expressions and names.

    _Wikipedia

    February 17, 2008

  • peace in hebrew!!

    April 26, 2008