mikveh
English
Alternative forms
- mikvah (very common, particularly in UK)
- mikva, mikve, mikweh, miqveh, miqweh (uncommon)
Etymology
From Hebrew מִקְוֶה (mikvé, “collection [of water]”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɪkfə/, /ˈmɪkvə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɪkvə/
Noun
mikveh (plural mikvehs or mikveot or mikvos or mikvot or mikvoth)
- (Judaism) A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, page 197:
- On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 365:
- Adjacent were the remains of a mikvah bath for the ritual purification of women, and a kosher abattoir for the ritual slaughter of beasts [...].
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, page 197:
Translations
ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed
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Further reading
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