ehal

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew הֵיכָל (heikhál).

Noun

ehal m (Latin spelling)

1. (Judaism) ark of the Torah scrolls

Further reading

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “ejál”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 155
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “ejal”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 130