Sefer Chayim

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Pronunciations

Sefer Chayim (SEH-fer KHAH-yeem) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "We notice that in the Tanakh passages quoted above, names are blotted out rather than written into the sefer chayim." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • ספר חיים 'lit. book of life'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      Sefer Khayim, Sefer Chaim, Sefer Khaim

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