Akedah

Definitions

• n. The binding of Isaac (episode in the Torah)
  

Example Sentences

• "The Akedah, the story of the binding of Yitzchak, lends itself to multiple interpretations." (source)
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• עקידה
  

Who Uses This

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

Regions

• North America

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

Akeyda, Akeda, Akeydah, Akeidah, Akeida