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Word: Haftorah
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
from Hebrew hap̱ṭārāh ‘dismissal’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhɑːfˈtəʊrɑː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a short reading from the Prophets which follows the reading from the Law in a Jewish synagogue.
Short Definition:short reading from Prophets which follows reading from Law in Jewish synagogue
Variant Forms:
- Haphtarah
- Haphtorah
