Lekh leshalom (לך לשלום) means Go in peace in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם
lekh leshalom
verb
In English
Go in peace
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lekh leshalom.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ברכה לאדם היוצא לדרך.
וַיֵּלֶךְ מֹשֶׁה וַיָּשָׁב אֶל-יֶתֶר חֹתְנוֹ, וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אֵלְכָה נָּא וְאָשׁוּבָה אֶל-אַחַי אֲשֶׁר-בְּמִצְרַיִם, וְאֶרְאֶה, הַעוֹדָם חַיִּים; וַיֹּאמֶר יִתְרוֹ לְמֹשֶׁה, לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Lekh leshalom is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם
- Written without vowel points
- לך לשלום
- Said
- lekh leshalom
- Plural
- לְכוּ לְשָׁלוֹם
- Feminine form
- לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם
- Inflections
- נ' לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם, ר' לְכוּ לְשָׁלוֹם
- Gematria
- 456
This is how Lekh leshalom is said in other languages.
- English
- Go in peace
- Arabic
- مَعَ السَّلامة
These words come before and after Lekh leshalom in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lekh leshalom.
What does Lekh leshalom (לך לשלום) mean in Hebrew?
Lekh leshalom (לך לשלום) means Go in peace. It is said lekh leshalom, with the stress on lom.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לך לשלום of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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