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miqveh

miqveh 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 miqveh

pluralmiqvehs
pluralmiqvoth

Questions about miqveh

What is miqveh the alternative spelling of?
Miqveh is the alternative spelling of mikveh.

Words near miqveh in the dictionary

  1. Miquel's theorem
  2. miquelet
  3. miquelets
  4. Miquelon
  5. Miquelonnais
  6. miqveh
  7. miqvehs
  8. miqvoth
  9. miqweh
  10. miqwot
  11. miqwoth

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