shalom
/ʃɑːˈloʊm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
name
A unisex given name from Hebrew.
Example Sentences
- "He exchanged shaloms with a group of young people coming out of the synagogue and turned left toward a corner."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."