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mikvah

mikvah is the alternative spelling of mikveh.

Meaning of mikveh

Noun

mikveh (plural mikvehs or mikveot or mikvos or mikvot or mikvoth)

  1. (Judaism) A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.
    • On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 197

Forms of mikvah

pluralmikvahs

Questions about mikvah

What is mikvah the alternative spelling of?
Mikvah is the alternative spelling of mikveh.

Words near mikvah in the dictionary

  1. Mikulicz syndrome
  2. Mikulov
  3. Mikulski
  4. Mikulskis
  5. mikva
  6. mikvah
  7. mikvahs
  8. mikvas
  9. mikve
  10. mikveh
  11. mikvehs

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