English Explanatory Dictionary

parashah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
  2. One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath

Word forms

parashah parashahs parashiyot parashot parashoth parashiot parashiyos parshioth parashioth parashiyoth parasha parsha

Etymology

From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).

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