perush

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Pronunciations

perush (PEY-rush) listen

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Definitions

  • n. Commentary; something that clarifies the meaning of a text.

Example Sentences

  • "Rashi is a perush on the Bible text."

  • "not one word in the perush was ignored by Dan and each and every issue was dealt with seriously and quite well by him" (source)

  • "Today we're studying the Book of Isaiah with the perush of Radak." (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

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      • 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 Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

      Alternative Spellings

      payrush, peyresh, peyrush, pirush

Notes

  • "Perushim" also refers to the Pharisees.

    plural: 'perushim'

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