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baal korei

/ˌbɑːl ˈkəʊ.ɹeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
baal ko-r-ei
IPA
/ˌbɑːl ˈkəʊ.ɹeɪ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The person who reads from the Torah scroll during religious services.

noun

A person who has been trained to read from a Torah scroll.

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish בעל קורא (bal koyre), from Hebrew בַּעַל קוֹרֵא (bá'al koré), an alternative of בַּעַל קְרִיאָה (bá'al k'ri'á, literally “master of reading”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: בעל קורא, בַּעַל קוֹרֵא

Inflected Forms

baalei korei (plural) baal kore (alternative) baal koreh (alternative)

Rhymes With

kore korai

Questions

How do you pronounce baal korei?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbɑːl ˈkəʊ.ɹeɪ/.
What does baal korei mean?
The person who reads from the Torah scroll during religious services.
Where does baal korei come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

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