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setumah

setumah noun: a closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in the middle of the line of text, with the previous portion ending before the space, and the next portion starting after it.

setumah: a closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in...
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Noun

setumah (plural setumahs or setumot or setumoth)

  1. A closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in the middle of the line of text, with the previous portion ending before the space, and the next portion starting after it.

Forms of setumah

pluralsetumahs
pluralsetumot
pluralsetumoth

Origin of setumah

Borrowed from Hebrew סְתוּמָה.

Questions about setumah

What does setumah mean?
Setumah means a closed parashah (a section of a book in the Hebrew text of the Tanakh), set apart by a space in the middle of the line of text, with the previous portion ending before the space, and the next portion starting after it.
What part of speech is setumah?
Setumah is a noun.
What is the plural of setumah?
The plural of setumah is setumahs.

Words near setumah in the dictionary

  1. setule
  2. setules
  3. setuliform
  4. setulose
  5. setulous
  6. setumah
  7. setumahs
  8. setumot
  9. setumoth
  10. setup
  11. setup block

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