Midrash

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh, “Midrash”), in turn from Aramaic דרש.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

Midrash (plural Midrashim or Midrashot or Midrashoth)

1. A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
2. The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
   • 2007, Karen Armstrong, The Bible: The Biography, Atlantic 2008, page 82:

     Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.

Derived terms

• Midrashic
• midrashist

Translations

Rabbinic exegetical commentary

• Arabic: مدراش
• Aramaic: מִדְרְשָׁא m (miḏrəšā)
• Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ (he) m (midrásh)
• Ladino: midrash m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: میدراش
• Polish: midrasz m
• Russian: мидра́ш (ru) (midráš)
• Yiddish: מדרש m (medresh)

Rabbinic exegetical technique

• Arabic: مدراش
• Aramaic: מִדְרְשָׁא m (miḏrəšā)
• Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ (he) (midrásh)
• Ladino: midrash m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: میدراش
• Polish: midrasz m
• Russian: мидра́ш (ru) (midráš)
• Yiddish: מדרש m (medresh)

Anagrams

• dirhams, hardims