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HAPHTARAH (haphtaroth)

Dictionary entry overview: What does Haphtarah mean?

• HAPHTARAH (noun)
The noun HAPHTARAH has 1 sense:

1. a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

Familiarity information: HAPHTARAH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HAPHTARAH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Haftarah; Haftorah; Haphtarah; Haphtorah

Instance hypernyms:

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)

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