parashah
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew פָּרָשָׁה (“portion”).
Noun[edit]
parashah (plural parashahs or parashiyot or parashot or parashoth or parashiot or parashiyos or parshioth or parashioth or parashiyoth)
- (Judaism) A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
- (Judaism) One of 54 sections of the Torah read weekly by religious Jews, particularly in the synagogue on the morning of the Jewish Sabbath
Usage notes[edit]
- The most common plural forms are parashiyot and parashot; less common are parashoth and parashiot. Rarely, the plurals parashahs, parashioth, parshioth and parashiyoth may also be found. The Ashkenazi plural forms like parashiyos are also used.
Translations[edit]
section of the Tanakh