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met mitzvah

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
met mitz-vah
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deceased person who has no relatives or no known relatives, whom anyone is obligated to bury.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מת מצווה (mét mitsvá).

Inflected Forms

meitei mitzvah (plural)

Questions

What does met mitzvah mean?
A deceased person who has no relatives or no known relatives, whom anyone is obligated to bury.
Where does met mitzvah come from?
Borrowed from Hebrew מת מצווה (mét mitsvá).

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