Jewish
Pronunciations
Jewish | (JOO-ish) | listen |
Definitions
n. Of or relating to Judaism.
Example Sentences
"By Jewish law and tradition, by the word of all sages, converts are to be treated as born Jews." (source)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- English
Etymology
ultimately from יְהוּדִי
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
- Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)
- North America
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
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