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megillot

megillot is the plural of megillah.

Meaning of megillah

Noun

megillah (plural megillahs or megillot or megilloth)

  1. (Judaism) Any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther)
    • Song of Songs, one of the five Megillot ("Scrolls") of Ketuvim ("Writings") recited either before or after Minhah on the eve of every Sabbath, after the Seder on Passover, and publicly in the synagogue in the Ashkenazic tradition.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 305
  2. (Judaism, specifically) The Book of Esther.

Questions about megillot

What is megillot the plural of?
Megillot is the plural of megillah.

Words near megillot in the dictionary

  1. Megill
  2. megilla
  3. megillah
  4. megillahs
  5. megillas
  6. megillot
  7. megilloth
  8. Megills
  9. megilp
  10. megilph
  11. megilphs

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