lulav
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Pronunciations

lulav (LOO-lahv) listen

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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)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH לולב lúlav > Y לולבֿ lulev

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

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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

      loolav

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