Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gezerah

/ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gez-er-ah
IPA: /ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/

20

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A preventive rabbinic enactment.

Example Sentences

"Jewish law as it now stands does not forbid these practices, but I believe they should be forbidden as a gezeirah, or rabbinic prohibition, because they are not in keeping with Jewish ethics and theology."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גְּזֵרָה (g'zerá).

Inflected Forms

gezerot (plural) gezeroth (plural) gezeirah (alternative) gzeyre (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce gezerah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡ(ə)ˈzeɪɹə/.
What does gezerah mean?: A preventive rabbinic enactment.
Where does gezerah come from?: Borrowed from Hebrew גְּזֵרָה (g'zerá).

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