ketubah
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Pronunciations

kesubah (keh-SOO-bah) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "My sister designed a beautiful ketubah for her wedding."

  • "Did you see that gorgeous ketuba hanging on their living room wall?" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Aramaic

Etymology

  • כתובה

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

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      • South Africa
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      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

      Alternative Spellings

      ksuva, kesuva, ketuba, k'tubah, k'tuba, ketubbah

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