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genizoth

Syllables: ge·ni·zothUK/ɡɪˈniːzəʊθ/US/ɡɪˈniːzoʊθ/

genizoth is the plural of genizah.

Meaning of genizah

Noun

genizah (plural genizahs or genizot or genizoth)

  1. (Jewish) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
    • The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896.

Questions about genizoth

What is genizoth the plural of?
Genizoth is the plural of genizah.
How do you pronounce genizoth?
Genizoth is pronounced /ɡɪˈniːzəʊθ/ (UK).

Words near genizoth in the dictionary

  1. genizah
  2. genizahs
  3. genizas
  4. genizero
  5. genizot
  6. genizoth
  7. Genk
  8. genkan
  9. genkans
  10. genki
  11. genkinite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: genizoth (page history and authors); genizah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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