[shah-lawm; Eng. shuh-lohm] 
| peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell). |
| Asch (āsh) Polish-born American Yiddish writer who sought to reconcile Judaism and Christianity in his controversial novels, such as The Nazarene (1939). |
| sha·lom (shä-lōm', shə-) interj. Used as a traditional Jewish greeting or farewell. [Hebrew šālôm, peace; see šlm in Semitic roots.] |
A Hebrew word used to mean both “hello” and “good-bye”; literally, it means “peace.”