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middah

middah noun: a personal moral virtue, especially viewed separately from religious obligation.

Noun

middah (plural middos)

  1. (Judaism) A personal moral virtue, especially viewed separately from religious obligation.
    • Shaul Hamelech was halachically wrong to spare Agag, but his desire to do so arose from an authentic Jewish middah of rachamim.2006 June 5, Jonathan K. Baker, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Forms of middah

pluralmiddos
alternative formmidah

Questions about middah

What does middah mean?
Middah means a personal moral virtue, especially viewed separately from religious obligation.
What part of speech is middah?
Middah is a noun.
What is the plural of middah?
The plural of middah is middos.

Words near middah in the dictionary

  1. midcrustal
  2. midcry
  3. midcult
  4. midcut
  5. midcycle
  6. middah
  7. Middaugh
  8. Middaughs
  9. midday
  10. middays
  11. middeck

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