shalom
Israeli hello-goodbye word
Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace, used as a greeting and farewell among Jews.
The word carries connotations beyond mere absence of conflict—completeness, wholeness, welfare, and harmony.
Shalom, welcome to our home.
Like its Arabic cognate salaam, shalom appears in religious and secular contexts alike.
Undisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- calmFree from agitation
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
completeness · well-being · stillness · rest · quietude · inner peace · contentment · repose
Semitic language of Israel
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
Sabbath · kosher · mitzvah · Yiddish · Passover · Hanukkah · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah
Jewish prayer quorum
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- liturgyFormal worship structure
Common spoken greeting
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- salutationsFormal words of welcome
- namasteRespectful Indian greeting
- alohaHawaiian multipurpose greeting
peace be with you · good day · blessing · acknowledgment · encounter · arrival · meeting · address
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
wholeness · completeness · well-being · stillness · rest · quietude · inner peace · contentment · repose · blessing
Hebrew
Semitic language of Israel
rabbi · Sabbath · kosher · mitzvah · Yiddish · Passover · Hanukkah · Yom Kippur · Rosh Hashanah · Shabbat
minyan
Jewish prayer quorum
- psalmSacred scriptural song
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
liturgy · worship · invocation
hello
Common spoken greeting
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- salutationsFormal words of welcome
- namasteRespectful Indian greeting
aloha · peace be with you · good day · blessing · acknowledgment · encounter · arrival · meeting · address · regards
goodbye
Departing salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- departureAct of going away
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- polite phrasesplease, thank you, yes sir, hello, no sir
- Foreign Wordsadieu, adios, aloha, au revoir, bonjour
- Old Greetingsgood morrow, fare thee well, hail, well met, how now
- peacepeace, peaceful, peacefully, peace sign, peace symbol
- JewishTorah, Shabbat, kosher, rabbi, synagogue
- farewellsgoodbye, farewell, bye, adieu, bye-bye
shalombrokenness
State of being fractured
destruction · fragmentation · ruin · suffering · illness
shalomcurse
Invoked harm through words
malediction · anathema · damnation · execration · imprecation
- shalom aleichemHebrew salutation of peace