English Explanatory Dictionary

Zohar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century AD. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.

Word forms

Zohar

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew זֹהַר (“splendor, radiance”).

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