shalom bayit

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Pronunciations

shalom bayit (SHAH-lohm BAH-yit) listen

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Definitions

  • interj. Peace and harmony among family members.

Example Sentences

  • "For the sake of shalom bayit I will go to the movie I do not want to see without arguing about it."

  • "Come on, let's make up. Shelom bayit!" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • שלום בית, lit. 'peace in the home'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      shelom bayit, sholom bayis, shalom bayis

Notes

  • Usually used when discussing the relationship between spouses.

    See also shalom.

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