Knesset
Pronunciations
knesset | (KNEH-set) | listen |
Definitions
n. Israel's parliament.
Example Sentences
"The Conversion Bill was removed from the Knesset floor last week."
Languages of Origin
- Modern Hebrew
Etymology
כנסת 'lit. assembly, assemblage'. Short for כנסת ישראל "Knesset Yisrael" ("The Entire Jewish People"), which occurs throughout the Talmud and other Rabbinic literature.
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
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- View More
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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