Greeting Words and Phrases - Moin, Shalom, Hello, Salutation, As-Salamu Alaykum, Ciao, Namaste, Whassup?, Yo, Aloha, Gr Gott (Paperback)

Chapters: Moin, Shalom, Hello, Salutation, As-Salamu Alaykum, Ciao, Namaste, Whassup?, Yo, Aloha, Gr Gott, Laudetur Jesus Christus, Eid Mubarak, F ilte, Howdy, Good Morning, Servus, Sat Sri Akaal, Ave, Shalom Aleichem, Lal Salam, Chimo, Mahlzeit. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 85. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Shalom () (Sephardic Hebrew/Israeli Hebrew: Shalom; Ashkenazi Hebrew/Yiddish: Sholem or Shulem) is a Hebrew word meaning peace, completeness, and welfare and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye. As it does in English, it can refer to either peace between two entities (especially between man and God or between two countries), or to the well-being, welfare or safety of an individual or a group of individuals. The word is also found in many other expressions and names. Its equivalent cognate in Arabic is salaam, sliem in Maltese, Shlama () in Syriac-Assyrian and s lam in Ethiopian Semitic languages from the Proto-Semitic root S-L-M. "Shalom" (in blue) and "Salaam" (in green) meaning "peace" in Hebrew and Arabic respectively.In Hebrew, the root of the word (usually in a three or occasionally four letter format), and depending on the vowels that are used, has several meanings (that are relevant to the general meaning of the word Shalom); as for example: One meaning is "Whole," another could be the actual verb "Pay" usually in command form. The conjugated verb has other spins that are worth noting, such as: "Hishtalem" meaning "it was worth it" or "Shulam" as "it was paid for" or "Meshulam" as in "paid in advance." Hence one can jokingly say that, "when it's paid-for then there is peace," as in PEACE HAS A PRICE. The Hebrew term shalom is roughly translated to Romance languages as peace (i.e. paz, paix, pace ), from the Latin pax. Pax, in Latin, means ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=304176