English Explanatory Dictionary

Chazal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Word forms

Chazal Chazals

Etymology

From Hebrew חז״ל (khazál), which is an acronym for חכמינו זיכרונם לברכה (khakhaméinu zikhronám livrakhá, “our sages, of blessed memory”).

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