Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petuhah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: petuhah
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew פְּתוּחָה (“open”), feminine of פָּתוּחַ.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: פְּתוּחָה

Inflected Forms

petuhot (plural) petuhoth (plural) petuchah (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

setumah

Questions

What does petuhah mean?: An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.
Where does petuhah come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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