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peshers

peshers is the plural of pesher.

Meaning of pesher

Noun

pesher (plural pesharim or peshers)

  1. An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew.
    • In 1807, Manasseh Illier sought in his Pesher Dabar (Solution to the Problem) to bring unity into the ranks of Jewry by reconciling all the factions of the conflicting schools of thought through the harmonization of reason and faith.1944, Louis Greenberg, The Jews in Russia: The Struggle for Emancipation, page 68

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What is peshers the plural of?
Peshers is the plural of pesher.

Words near peshers in the dictionary

  1. peshcash
  2. peshcashes
  3. peshcush
  4. peshcushes
  5. pesher
  6. peshers
  7. peshgi
  8. Peshito
  9. Peshitta
  10. Peshitto
  11. peshkabz

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