Tefilla

Quick meaning: Tefilla is a noun meaning (uncountable) Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer.

Meaning

(uncountable) Intercession, prayer; (countable) a prayer.

More Meanings

1. (countable, often in the plural) Synonym of phylactery (“either of two small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah, traditionally worn by a Jewish man (one on the arm (usually the left) and one on the forehead) and now sometimes by a woman at certain morning prayers as a reminder to obey the law as set out in the Bible”).

Example Sentences

Chazal have said that the Ovos were childless, to induce them to daven for children, because Hashem longs for their tefilos.

Word Forms

• tefillin
• tefillos
• tefillot
• tefilloth
• tefillah

Synonyms for tefilla

Depending on context, synonyms include phylactery.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tefila, tephila, tephillah, tefillah, phylactery, phylacter.

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