moshiach
Pronunciations
mashiach | (mah-SHEE-ach) | listen |
Definitions
n. The Messiah.
Example Sentences
"Many believe that Jewish law will change fundamentally when the Messiah comes."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
משיח
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
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Alternative Spellings
mashiah, mashiach, moshiekh
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