aliyah
/əliːˈjɑː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.40 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A subsection of a parashah (weekly Torah reading) read by (or on behalf of) one person.
Countable
noun
Alternative letter-case form of aliyah.
name
A female given name from Hebrew.
Example Sentences
- "In the past, Yemenite Jews did not have a Bar Mitzvah ceremony at all; they first encountered this ceremony when they made Aliyah to Israel."
- "Anti-Semitism is a method of fooling Jews into aliyahing to Israel, the homeland, the sanctuary, in the pretence they will be safe. In the last 50 years how many Jews have died in Israel as a result of anti Jewish attacks....and how many have died in the diaspora?"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: עלייה, ع ل ي, عَالِيَة, ע־ל־ה
Usage
Inflected Forms
aliyahs (plural)
aliyot (plural)
aliyoth (plural)
aliyos (plural)
aliya (alternative)
'aliyah (alternative)
aliyahs (present, singular)
aliyahing (participle, present)
aliyahed (participle, past)
aliyahed (past)