etrog

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Pronunciations

etrog (eh-TROG) listen
etrog (ET-rohg) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A citron, lemon-like fruit used ritually on Sukkot.

Example Sentences

  • "Be careful with this etrog—you don't want the pitom to break."

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  • "Larry, hold the etrog in your left hand, and all the others in your right, and shake them." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH אֶתְרוֹג⁩ etróg > Y אתרוג esreg

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      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).

      Alternative Spellings

      esrog

Notes

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