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shomer negiah

shomer negiah adjective: abstaining from physical contact with the other sex outside of marriage.

Adjective

shomer negiah (not comparable)

  1. (Judaism) Abstaining from physical contact with the other sex outside of marriage.

Questions about shomer negiah

What does shomer negiah mean?
Shomer negiah means abstaining from physical contact with the other sex outside of marriage.
What part of speech is shomer negiah?
Shomer negiah is an adjective.

Words near shomer negiah in the dictionary

  1. Shoma
  2. Shomari
  3. shombo
  4. shome mishtake shurely
  5. shomer
  6. shomer negiah
  7. shomer shabbos
  8. shomeret
  9. Shomo
  10. Shomos
  11. Shompangkha

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