Parashah
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Parashah is a noun meaning (Judaism) A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
Meaning
(Judaism) A section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, which may be open (a petuhah) or closed (a setumah).
More Meanings
- (Judaism) 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
- parashahs
- parashiyot
- parashot
- parashoth
- parashiot
- parashiyos
- parshioth
- parashioth
- parashiyoth
- parasha
- parsha
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include petuhah, setumah, petuchah, haphtara, haphtarah, haftara.
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