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dayanim

dayanim is the plural of dayan.

Meaning of dayan

Noun

dayan (plural dayans or dayanim)

  1. A rabbinic judge.
    • A medieval hymn composed by the Dayyan ("Judge") Daniel b. Yehudah of fourteenth-century Rome, recited in the daily morning Preliminary Service, and by some, at the close of the Arvit and Musaf services on Shabbat and festivals.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 375

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Questions about dayanim

What is dayanim the plural of?
Dayanim is the plural of dayan.

Words near dayanim in the dictionary

  1. Dayak land
  2. Dayaks
  3. Dayal
  4. Dayals
  5. dayan
  6. dayanim
  7. dayans
  8. Dayao
  9. Dayap
  10. Dayapan
  11. dayas

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