# שלום
## Hebrew
### Etymology

Etymologically related to שָׁלָה (šālâ, “to be quiet, tranquil”). Compare also שָׁלַו (šālaw, “to be quiet, at ease”). Common Northwest Semitic, Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm /⁠šalōm⁠/), Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šlāmā) / ܫܠܡܐ (šlāmā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /⁠šalāmu⁠/). Cognate with Arabic سلام (salām).

### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /ʃaːˈloːm/, [ʃaːˈloːm]
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ʃɔˈlom/, [ʃɔːˈloːm]
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ʃɔˈloɪm/, /ˈʃɔ.loɪm/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /ʃaˈlom/
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### Noun

שָׁלוֹם • (shalóm) m (no plural forms, singular construct שְׁלוֹם־) [pattern: קָטוֹל]
* (uncountable) peace
** Tanach, Leviticus 26:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְנָתַתִּי שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ וּשְׁכַבְתֶּם וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי חַיָּה רָעָה מִן־הָאָרֶץ וְחֶרֶב לֹא־תַעֲבֹר בְּאַרְצְכֶם׃v'natatí shalóm ba'árets ush'khavtém v'én makharíd v'hisbatí khayá ra'á min-ha'árets v'khérev lo-ta'avór b'arts'khém. wənāṯattī šālōm bāʾā́reṣ ūšəḵaḇtem wəʾēn maḥărīḏ wəhišbattī ḥayyā rāʿā min-hāʾā́reṣ wəḥéreḇ lō-ṯaʿăḇōr bəʾarṣəḵem.And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
** 1977, “נוֹלַדְתִּי לַשָּׁלוֹם (“I Was Born for Peace”)”, Uzi Hitman (music):אני נולדתי לשלום שרק יגיע / אני נולדתי לשלום שרק יבואaní noládti lashalóm sherák yagía / aní noládti lashalóm sherák yavóI was born for peace, that it may finally arrive / I was born for peace, that it may finally come
* (uncountable) rest, quietude
    שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם! ― shabát shalóm! ― Peaceful Sabbath!
* (uncountable) well-being, welfare
    מַה שְּׁלוֹמְךָ? ― má sh'lom'khá? ― How are you?
** Tanach, 2 Kings 4:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:עַתָּה רוּץ־נָא לִקְרָאתָהּ וֶאֱמָר־לָהּ הֲשָׁלוֹם לָךְ הֲשָׁלוֹם לְאִישֵׁךְ הֲשָׁלוֹם לַיָּלֶד וַתֹּאמֶ שָׁלוֹם׃atá ruts-ná lik'ratáh ve'emor-láh ha-shalóm lákh ha-shalóm l'ishékh ha-shalóm layáled vatómer shalóm. ʿattā rūṣ-nā liqərāṯāh weʾĕmor-lāh hăšālōm lāḵ hăšālōm ləʾīšēḵ hăšālōm layyā́leḏ wattṓmer šālōm.Run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her: ‘Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child?’ And she answered: ‘It is well.’

#### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | שָׁלוֹם | first | שְׁלוֹמִי | שְׁלוֹמִי | שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ | שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַשָּׁלוֹם | second | שְׁלוֹמְךָ | שְׁלוֹמֵךְ | שְׁלוֹמְכֶם | שְׁלוֹמְכֶן |
| singular | construct | שְׁלוֹם־ | third | שְׁלוֹמוֹ | שְׁלוֹמָהּ | שְׁלוֹמָם | שְׁלוֹמָן |

#### Derived terms

* אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (avishalóm)
* חַס וְשָׁלוֹם (khas v'shalóm)

### Interjection

שָׁלוֹם • (shalóm)
* hello (conventional greeting)
* goodbye

#### Derived terms

* שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם (shabát shalóm)
* שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם (shalóm alekhém)

### Proper noun

שָׁלוֹם • (shalóm) m
* A title of God.
* a male given name, Shalom

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: شَالُوم (šālōm)
* → Armenian: շալոմ (šalom)
* → Belarusian: шало́м (šalóm)
* → Bulgarian: шало́м (šalóm)
* → Chinese: 沙龍 / 沙龙 (shālóng)
* → Czech: šalóm
* → Dutch: sjalom
* → English: shalom
* → Finnish: šalom
* → French: chalôm
* → Georgian: შალომი (šalomi)
* → German: Schalom
* → Greek: σαλόμ (salóm)
* → Hindi: शालोम (śālom)
* → Hungarian: salom
* → Japanese: シャーローム (shārōmu)
* → Judeo-Tat: шолум (şolum)
* → Korean: 샬롬 (syallom)
* → Ladino: shalom
* → Lithuanian: šalom
* → Macedonian: шало́м (šalóm)
* → Persian: شالوم (šâlom)
* → Polish: szalom
* → Portuguese: shalom
* → Russian: шало́м (šalóm)
* → Serbo-Croatian: шалом (shalom)
* → Slovak: šalóm
* → Slovene: šalom
* → Spanish: shalom
* → Turkish: şalom
* → Ukrainian: шало́м (šalóm)
* → Yiddish: שלום (sholem)

### References

* H7965 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Yiddish
### Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”).

### Pronunciation

* (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɫəm/
* (Poylish) IPA: /ˈʃuː.ɫəm/
* (Ukraynish) IPA: /ˈʃu.ɫəm/

### Noun

שלום • (sholem) m
* peace
* (Can we verify this sense?) A greeting

#### Derived terms

* שלומדיק (sholemdik, “peaceful”)

#### Related terms

* שלום עליכם (sholem aleykhem)

### Interjection

שלום • (sholem)
* shalom (traditional Jewish greeting or farewell)

### Proper noun

שלום • (sholem) m
* a male given name, Shalom

#### See also

* שלמה (shloyme)