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mikvah

/Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvah; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English mik-vuh/US // Sephardic Hebrew miˈkvɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈmɪk və //UK // (mikˈvɑ, ˈmikvə) //

米克瓦,米克韦尔,米克华,米克尔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mik·voth, mik·vot, mik·vos [Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mik-vohs;] /Sephardic Hebrew miˈkvɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪk voʊs;/ English mik·vahs [mik-vuhz] /ˈmɪk vəz/ Hebrew.

    • : a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.

Examples

  • I thought it was a little bit weird to have an alarm clock in the mikvah.

  • He offered the girls to do a practice mikvah, which many of them did.

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