# shabbat shalom (שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם)

pronounced: sha-BAT sha-LOM


**The Sabbath greeting — a wish for rest that makes whole**

## In Scripture

> “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
> — Exodus 20:8 (The later greeting combines shalom with the Sabbath commanded here; the full phrase does not occur in this verse.)

> “‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
> — Leviticus 23:3 (Shabbat is a holy rest in every dwelling, the day over which the greeting speaks peace.)

> “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words:
> — Isaiah 58:13 (The prophet frames Sabbath as delight and honor, enriching the greeting’s wish for wholeness.)

> He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
> — Mark 2:27 (Yeshua restores Sabbath to its gift-shaped purpose for humanity.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/shabbat-shalom/