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mitzvah

/ˈmɪts.və/

mitzvah noun: any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.

Noun

mitzvah (plural mitzvahs or mitzvot or mitzvoth or mitzvos)

  1. (Judaism) Any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
    • She called Penansky regularly to remind her to observe the mitzvahs.1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader
  2. (Judaism) An act of kindness, a good deed.
    • ‘You heard about them pulling my license. That was indirectly Joel. Who, without meaning to, did me such a mitzvah.’2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 17
  3. (metonymically, event planning industry, usually only with the plural mitzvahs) A Jewish celebration, but particularly a clipping of bar mitzvah and/or bat mitzvah.
    • Glenview Mansion is an elegant 1926 home included on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in the 153-acre Rockville Civic Center Park, it is the perfect location for weddings, private parties, mitzvahs, conferences, and many other special occasions. Every rental includes a customized...2016 August, “Glenview Mansion”, in City of Rockville, Maryland - Official Website, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2016

mitzvah meaning in Kannada

mitzvah in Kannada

ಉಪದೇಶ ಸೂತ್ರ

Examples of mitzvah in a sentence

  • Helping the elderly man to cross the street was a fine mitzvah for Robert.
  • A true tzadik doesn't do a mitzvah for skhar, rather he does a mitzvah lishmah and b'simcha!
  • Something that God would smile upon: a mitzvah.

All 18 example sentences with mitzvah

Forms of mitzvah

pluralmitzvahs
pluralmitzvot
pluralmitzvoth
pluralmitzvos

Plural of mitzvah: mitzvahs or mitzvot

Origin of mitzvah

Borrowed from Hebrew מצווה (mitsvá, “a commandment”).

Phrases with mitzvah

Questions about mitzvah

What does mitzvah mean?
Mitzvah means any of the 613 commandments of Jewish law.
What is mitzvah in Kannada?
Mitzvah in Kannada is ಉಪದೇಶ ಸೂತ್ರ. See Mitzvah meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is mitzvah?
Mitzvah is a noun.
How do you pronounce mitzvah?
Mitzvah is pronounced /ˈmɪts.və/.
What is the plural of mitzvah?
The plural of mitzvah is mitzvahs.

Words near mitzvah in the dictionary

  1. Mitzel
  2. Mitzels
  3. Mitzi
  4. Mitzrayim
  5. mitzva
  6. mitzvah
  7. mitzvahs
  8. mitzvos
  9. mitzvot
  10. mitzvoth
  11. Miu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mitzvah (page history and authors); mitzvah (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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