Shalom
/ʃaˈloːm/noun
A Hebrew greeting and farewell meaning peace, wholeness, or well-being.
Did you know?In Biblical Hebrew, shalom carried the deeper sense of being complete, sound, and restored, which is why it can mean far more than the absence of conflict.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
PS
*š-l-m
“to be complete, sound, safe, at peace”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
שָׁלוֹם (shalom)
“peace, welfare, completeness, well-being”
Late Antiquity
Jewish Hebrew / Aramaic
שְׁלָמָא / שָׁלוֹם
“peace, greeting, prosperity”
Modern English
English
shalom
“a Hebrew greeting or farewell meaning peace”