midrash

[ Sephardic Hebrew mee-drahsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-drahsh ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew miˈdrɑʃ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪ drɑʃ /

noun, plural mid·ra·shim [Sephardic Hebrew mee-drah-sheem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-draw-shim], /Sephardic Hebrew mi drɑˈʃim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪˈdrɔ ʃɪm/, mid·ra·shoth, mid·ra·shot, mid·ra·shos [Sephardic Hebrew mee-drah-shawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-draw-shohs]. /Sephardic Hebrew mi drɑˈʃɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪˈdrɔ ʃoʊs/.

an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.

(initial capital letter) a collection of such interpretations or commentaries, especially those written in the first ten centuries a.d.

Origin of midrash

First recorded in 1605–15, midrash is from the Hebrew word midrāsh literally, exposition

OTHER WORDS FROM midrash

mid·rash·ic

[mid-rash-ik], /mɪdˈræʃ ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby midrash

mid-ocean ridge, mid off, mid on, midpoint, midrange, midrash, midrib, midriff, mid-rise, midsagittal plane, midsection

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British Dictionary definitions for midrash

midrash

/ (ˈmɪdræʃ, Hebrew miˈdraʃ) /

noun plural midrashim (mɪˈdrɔʃɪm, Hebrew midraˈʃim) Judaism

a homily on a scriptural passage derived by traditional Jewish exegetical methods and consisting usually of embellishment of the scriptural narrative

one of a number of collections of such homilies composed between 400 and 1200 ad

Derived forms of midrash

midrashic (mɪdˈræʃɪk), adjective

Word Origin for midrash

C17: from Hebrew: commentary, from darash to search

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单词	midrash
释义	midrash [ Sephardic Hebrew mee-drahsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-drahsh ] / Sephardic Hebrew miˈdrɑʃ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪ drɑʃ / noun, plural mid·ra·shim [Sephardic Hebrew mee-drah-sheem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-draw-shim], /Sephardic Hebrew mi drɑˈʃim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪˈdrɔ ʃɪm/, mid·ra·shoth, mid·ra·shot, mid·ra·shos [Sephardic Hebrew mee-drah-shawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mi-draw-shohs]. /Sephardic Hebrew mi drɑˈʃɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɪˈdrɔ ʃoʊs/. an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle. (initial capital letter) a collection of such interpretations or commentaries, especially those written in the first ten centuries a.d. Origin of midrash First recorded in 1605–15, midrash is from the Hebrew word midrāsh literally, exposition OTHER WORDS FROM midrash mid·rash·ic [mid-rash-ik], /mɪdˈræʃ ɪk/, adjective Words nearby midrash mid-ocean ridge, mid off, mid on, midpoint, midrange, midrash, midrib, midriff, mid-rise, midsagittal plane, midsection Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for midrash midrash / (ˈmɪdræʃ, Hebrew miˈdraʃ) / noun plural midrashim (mɪˈdrɔʃɪm, Hebrew midraˈʃim) Judaism a homily on a scriptural passage derived by traditional Jewish exegetical methods and consisting usually of embellishment of the scriptural narrative one of a number of collections of such homilies composed between 400 and 1200 ad Derived forms of midrash midrashic (mɪdˈræʃɪk), adjective Word Origin for midrash C17: from Hebrew: commentary, from darash to search Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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