English Explanatory Dictionary

agunah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage from which she cannot escape, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.

Word forms

agunah agunahs agunot agunoth aguna

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עגונה (“chained woman”).

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