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petuhah

petuhah noun: an open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.

petuhah: an open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the...
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Noun

petuhah (plural petuhot or petuhoth)

  1. (Judaism) An open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.

Forms of petuhah

pluralpetuhot
pluralpetuhoth
alternative formpetuchah

Origin of petuhah

Borrowed from Hebrew פְּתוּחָה (“open”), feminine of פָּתוּחַ.

Questions about petuhah

What does petuhah mean?
Petuhah means an open parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart in roughly the same way as a paragraph would be in modern text.
What part of speech is petuhah?
Petuhah is a noun.
What is the plural of petuhah?
The plural of petuhah is petuhot.

Words near petuhah in the dictionary

  1. pettywhin
  2. Petuch
  3. petuchah
  4. petuchot
  5. petuchoth
  6. petuhah
  7. petuhot
  8. petuhoth
  9. petukh
  10. Petula
  11. petulance

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