Shabbat Shalom
Pronunciations
Shabbat Shalom | (shuh-BAHT shah-LOHM) | listen |
Definitions
interj. Greeting or departing line (hello or goodbye) used on or during the few days leading up to Shabbat. Literally "peaceful Sabbath."
Example Sentences
[on Thursday] "In case I don't see you tomorrow, Shabbat Shalom!"
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
שבת שלום
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Shabat shalom
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