English Explanatory Dictionary

mitzvah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
  2. An act of kindness, a good deed.
  3. A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪts.və/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mitzvah.wav

Word forms

mitzvah mitzvahs mitzvot mitzvoth mitzvos

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “a commandment”).

Related words

bark mitzvah bar mitzvah bas mitzvah bat mitzvah met mitzvah milchemet mitzvah seudat mitzvah
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