shalom

1. JudaismA traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.

plural shaloms

1. countableThe 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.

   2014, David Morrell, The League of Night and Fog

2. JudaismuncountablePeace.

   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.

   2025 June 4, Cindy Von Quednow, TuAnh Dam, “Their synagogue taught them to build peace. An antisemitic attack is testing their resilience”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2025

present singular third person shaloms · participle present shaloming · participle past shalomed · past shalomed

1. To greet somebody with "shalom".

plural Shaloms

1. A surname from Hebrew.

   1 more example

   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.

   2015 December 20, Oren Liebermann, “Silvan Shalom, Israel’s interior minister, quitting amid harassment accusations”, in CNN

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.

   2018 May 25, Ryan Bergeron, “Burn survivor becomes beauty inspiration”, in CNN