agunah
Pronunciations
Definitions
n. A woman whose husband has refused her a get.
n. A woman who is unable to remarry, due to the fact that her husband is missing and it is not known whether her husband is alive or dead.
Example Sentences
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
Etymology
עגונה 'lit. chained woman' (plural עגונות agunot)
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- View More
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
Who Uses This
Regions
Dictionaries
Alternative Spellings
aguna, agune
Notes
Plural agunot / agunos or (nonstandard) agunas / agunahs.
Edit Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.