lulav
Pronunciations
lulav | (LOO-lahv) | listen |
Definitions
n. The palm branch used ritually on Sukkot.
Example Sentences
"Did you order your lulav and etrog yet?"
"Benji, will you stop waving that lulav around in people's faces—it's sharp." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH לולב lúlav > Y לולבֿ lulev
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
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- Great Britain
- South Africa
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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loolav
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