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mikweh

mikweh 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 mikweh

pluralmikwehs

Questions about mikweh

What is mikweh the alternative spelling of?
Mikweh is the alternative spelling of mikveh.

Words near mikweh in the dictionary

  1. mikveot
  2. mikves
  3. mikvos
  4. mikvot
  5. mikvoth
  6. mikweh
  7. mikwehs
  8. mil
  9. mil'tary
  10. MIL-CD
  11. MIL-CDs

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