noun
Meaning 1
A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture.
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Standard Lemma guide
Midrash
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Pronunciation
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/ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/
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rhymes with -æʃ
noun
Meaning 2
The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis.
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of Midrash.
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noun
Meaning 4
(Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: comment, commentary
History
Etymology
From Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh, “Midrash”), in turn from Aramaic דרש.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مدراش — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Aramaic: מִדְרְשָׁא (miḏrəšā) — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh) — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Hindi: मिदराश (midrāś) — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Ladino: midrash — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Persian: میدراش — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Polish: midrasz — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Russian: мидра́ш (midráš) — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Spanish: Midrash — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Yiddish: מדרש (medresh) — Rabbinic exegetical commentary
- Arabic: مدراش — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Aramaic: מִדְרְשָׁא (miḏrəšā) — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh) — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Hindi: मिदराश (midrāś) — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Ladino: midrash — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Persian: میدراش — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Polish: midrasz — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Russian: мидра́ш (midráš) — Rabbinic exegetical technique
- Yiddish: מדרש (medresh) — Rabbinic exegetical technique
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