Shalom Aleichem Definition

shôləm ə-lāKHəm, -kəm, shä-lōm ä-lā-KHĕm
interjection
Used as a traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
American Heritage

(Judaism) A greeting said on meeting someone, especially when the two people meeting have not met in some time.

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Origin of Shalom Aleichem

  • Hebrew šālôm ‘ălêkem peace be with you šālôm peace šlm in Semitic roots ‘ălêkem with you (‘al, ‘ălê to, upon ʕly in Semitic roots) (-kem second person pl. pronoun)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם (shalóm alechém, “shalom aleichem")

    From Wiktionary

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