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parashah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
parashah
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).

noun

One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath

Etymology

From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).

Inflected Forms

parashahs (plural) parashiyot (plural) parashot (plural) parashoth (plural) parashiot (plural) parashiyos (plural) parshioth (plural) parashioth (plural) parashiyoth (plural) parasha (alternative) parsha (alternative)

Questions

What does parashah mean?
A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
Where does parashah come from?
From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).

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