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| | Related words in Modern Hebrew include ''l'shalem'' (לְשַׁלֵּם), "to pay" and ''shalem'' (שָׁלֵם), "complete". | | Related words in Modern Hebrew include ''l'shalem'' (לְשַׁלֵּם), "to pay" and ''shalem'' (שָׁלֵם), "complete". |
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| − | ===Shalom as a name for people===
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| − | ''Shalom'' is also common in modern Hebrew in [[Israel]], as a (male) [[given name]] or a [[surname]]. Note that it is related to the name ''[[Solomon]]'' ([[Hebrew language|Heb.]] שלומה ''Shelomo'').
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| − | Notable people named Shalom include:
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| − | *[[Silvan Shalom]] ([[Israel]]i politician), and his wife [[Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes]]
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| − | *[[Sholom Aleichem]] ([[Yiddish]] author)
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| − | *[[Shalom Harlow]] (model and actress)
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| − | *[[Shalom Carmy]] ([[rabbi]])
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| − | *[[Shalom Shachna]] (rabbi)
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| − | *[[Yosef Shalom Eliashiv]] (rabbi)
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| − | Related male names include [[Shlomi (Hebrew name)]] ("my well-being").
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| − | Related female names include [[Shulamit]], [[Shulamith]], [[Shlomtsion]] or [[Shlomzion]] and [[Salome]] and [[Shlomith]].
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| − | ===Shalom as a name for organizations===
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| − | ''Shalom'' can be part of an [[organization]]'s name.
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| − | The name of the following organizations and places refer to "peace" between [[Israel]] and its [[Arab]] neighbors:
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| − | *[[Brit Tzedek v'Shalom]]
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| − | *[[Brit Shalom]]
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| − | *[[Gush Shalom]]
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| − | *[[Hevel Shalom]]
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| − | *[[Neve Shalom]]
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| − | *[[Shalom Sesame]]
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| − | ===Shalom as name for synagogues or structures===
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| − | ''Shalom'' is used as part of other names, such as for [[synagogue]]s, as in:
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| − | *[[Beth Sholom Synagogue]]
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| − | *[[Shalom Meir tower]]
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| − | *[[Shalom Park]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] and [[Denver, Colorado]]
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| − | *[[Shalom Tower]] in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
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| − | *[[Shalom Christian Academy]] in [[Marion, Pennsylvania]]
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| − | === Shalom as the name for events ===
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| − | * The [[1982 Lebanon War]] is known in Hebrew as ''Milhemeth Shlom Hagalil'', מלחמת שלום הגליל, which means in English, "The War for the Shlaom (or Well-Being) of the Galilee".
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |