megillah
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Etymology 1 edit
From Hebrew מגילה / מְגִלָּה (m'gilá, “scroll”). Doublet of magilla.
Noun edit
megillah (plural megillahs or megillot or megilloth)
- (Judaism) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther)
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 305:
- Song of Songs, one of the five Megillot ("Scrolls") of Ketuvim ("Writings") recited either before or after Minhah on the eve of every Sabbath, after the Seder on Passover, and publicly in the synagogue in the Ashkenazic tradition.
- (Judaism, specifically) the Book of Esther
Etymology 2 edit
See the entry at magilla.
Noun edit
megillah (plural megillahs)
- Alternative form of magilla