Definitions for mezuzahs

mezuzahs me·zu·zah

Spelling: [muh-zoo z-uh; Sephardic Heb
IPA: /məˈzʊz ə; Sephardic Hebrew mə zuˈzɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew məˈzʊ zə/

Mezuzahs is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 30 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 31 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in mezuzahs (aehmsuzz).

Definitions for mezuzahs

noun

  1. a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deut. 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorpost of the home.
  2. a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deut. 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorpost of the home.

Origin of mezuzahs

First recorded in 1640-50, mezuzah is from the Hebrew word məzūzāh literally, doorpost

Examples for mezuzahs

In his perturbation he even forgets to kiss the mezuzah on the doorpost.

There they paused to kiss the divine name on the mezuzah of the door-post.

It was strange to me to live in a place in which every door-post bore a mezuzah.

There they paused to kiss the divine name on the mezuzah of the door-post.

In his perturbation he even forgets to kiss the mezuzah on the doorpost.

It was strange to me to live in a place in which every door-post bore a mezuzah.

Word Value for mezuzahs
Scrable

30

Words with friends

31

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